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Tourist climbs Brussels statue, breaks it (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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The statue, outside the Brussels stock exchange, had just been restored at great cost.

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[–] Blake@feddit.uk 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The tourist looks like they’re a teenager, to me, like maybe 16 or so? Is it their parent holding the camera or what?

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 40 points 2 years ago (2 children)

He was arrested, and the company the statue belongs to is calling for him to pay the repair costs, not their parents, so maybe early 20s?

[–] Blake@feddit.uk 23 points 2 years ago

I’m getting old! I watch that video and think, “who let that kid play around on that statue?” and apparently he’s old enough to be criminally responsible haha.

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