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

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (1 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?

[–] [email protected] 43 points 9 months 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?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

Legally he's old enough at 16 to be responsible, so they can't go after the parents