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Urgent: Hacking hearing suspended shortly due to attempted attack on Murdoch
[July 19, 2011]

Urgent: Hacking hearing suspended shortly due to attempted attack on Murdoch


LONDON, Jul 19, 2011 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The hearing on the Murdochs over phone hacking at a select committee of British Parliament was resumed after suspending for around five minutes due to a sudden disturbance by a man.

Sky News identified the man as comedian Jonnie Marbles, who attempted to attack Rupert Murdoch with some "white substance" when the Murdochs had been questioned for about two hours and a half.

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