Flour bombs saw notable use during the controversial
1981 Springbok Tour at
Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. In an attempt to disrupt the match, flour bombs, along with flares, leaflets and a parachute-support banner reading "
Biko" were dropped into Eden Park from a light plane flying overhead. A
New Zealand All Blacks player was felled by one of the flour bombs. On 19 May 2004, during
Prime Minister's Questions, two members of the
Fathers 4 Justice organisation threw
condoms filled with purple-dyed flour at
Tony Blair, in the chamber of the
House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The event highlighted the poor security methods employed in and around the
Houses of Parliament at the time. Several candidates in the
2017 French Presidential Election, including future president
Emmanuel Macron, were hit by flour bombs. ==See also==