League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia

Leftists interrupt Levy's speech, hit him in face with cake

BELGRADE - Shouting "Get out of Belgrade, murderer" and "This bastard advocated a bombing of Yugoslavia eight years prior to the NATO intervention", three members of the left-wing organisation SKOJ interrupted a speech by controversial French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy after late Wednesday's screening of his film Peshmerga at the BELDOCS documentary film festival.

Bernard Henri Levy gets cake in face at Belgrade event

French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy was hit in the face with a cake late on Wednesday, during the screening of his film Peshmerga at the BELDOCS festival.

The incident happened moments after he started addressing the audience in Belgrade's Cultural Center.

A young woman from the audience first ran past Levy and threw the cake at him.