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COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Denmark's national symbol, the Little Mermaid sculpture perched on a rock overlooking the Copenhagen port, was splattered with green paint by vandals and adorned with a dildo.
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"We are taking this very seriously because one cannot accept vandalism, not on the Little Mermaid or any other public statue," deputy police commissioner Peter Steffensen told AFP.
Investigators have "no leads on the perpetrators of the act ... which took place early Wednesday," he said.
The attackers scrawled "8 marts" across the rock on which the Little Mermaid sits, marking the date in Danish of International Women's Day which was celebrated around the world on Wednesday.
"But we are not sure that it was women who committed this act," Steffensen said.
On Thursday, the statue was cleaned up and the sex toy removed.
COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Denmark's national symbol, the Little Mermaid sculpture perched on a rock overlooking the Copenhagen port, was splattered with green paint by vandals and adorned with a dildo.
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"We are taking this very seriously because one cannot accept vandalism, not on the Little Mermaid or any other public statue," deputy police commissioner Peter Steffensen told AFP.
Investigators have "no leads on the perpetrators of the act ... which took place early Wednesday," he said.
The attackers scrawled "8 marts" across the rock on which the Little Mermaid sits, marking the date in Danish of International Women's Day which was celebrated around the world on Wednesday.
"But we are not sure that it was women who committed this act," Steffensen said.
On Thursday, the statue was cleaned up and the sex toy removed.