BRUSSELS, February 5: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates got a face full of custard pie during his visit to Brussels, organisers of the visit said.The attack took place as Gates, fresh from a visit with world and business leaders in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, was about to attend reception given by the Belgian Flemish community.Organisers said five people, equipped with stocks of pies, appeared to be involved in what was believed to have been a prank with commercial intent. Shortly after the incident a caller offered to sell Reuters Television film of the attack from which Gates emerged spattered but seemingly unscathed.
It was unclear if Noel Godin, a Belgian who has made a name for himself and a lucrative business out of hurling custard pies in the faces of the rich and famous, was behind the incident.
Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
