Editing Flour bomb

{{Short description|Form of protest}}
{{About|the device used for protests|an explosion of flour particulates suspended in air|Dust explosion}}
[[File:Flour bombed.jpg|thumb|A person whose face and clothes have been hit by a flour bomb]]
A '''flour bomb''' is a fragile container (e.g. a paper bag) filled with [[flour]] for the purpose to be thrown at a person or object to cause an inconvenient and messy stain, called '''flour bombing'''. Alternately, sometimes a bucket of flour can be used.

Flour bombs and flour bombing are a classic [[protest]] method, along with the throwing of eggs and overripe tomatoes.

The effect of flour bombs is made worse by the inclusion of eggs, or containers of other liquid, making the removal of the resultant mixture difficult.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}

== Notable incidents ==
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 "[[Steve Biko|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.<ref>[http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/video/the-third-test-auckland NZHistory.net.nz]</ref><ref name="NZ_Herald_10390418">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10390418 |title=Flour-bomber goes back to Eden Park |author=McOnie, James |date=9 July 2006 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |accessdate=30 September 2011}}</ref>

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 [[Palace of Westminster|Houses of Parliament]] at the time.<ref>BBC U.K. On This Day, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/19/newsid_4516000/4516355.stm "2004: Angry dads hit Blair with purple flour"]</ref>

Several candidates in the [[2017 French Presidential Election]], including future president [[Emmanuel Macron]], were hit by flour bombs.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkZir1L7fSY French Elections: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)</ref>

==See also==
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*[[Acid throwing]]
*[[Egging]]
*[[Glitter bombing]]
*[[Inking (attack)]]
*[[Milkshaking]]
*[[Pieing]]
*[[Shoe-throwing]]
*[[Zap (action)|Zapping]]
*[[Zelyonka attack]]
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== References ==
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[[Category:Protest tactics]]
[[Category:Flour|Bomb]]