2023-06-29 16:53:49
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Minister of Culture, emphasis on punishment… A fine of at least 20 million won and a maximum of 5 years in prison
Tourists do ‘couple graffiti’ in the Colosseum
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(Rome = Yonhap News) Correspondent Shin Chang-yong = Ansa news agency reported on the 29th (local time) that the identity of an unconventional tourist who graffitied at the 2,000-year-old Colosseum in Rome, Italy, was identified.
According to reports, Italian police said on the 23rd that they had identified the man who carved the names of himself and his girlfriend on the Colosseum.
Police did not release specific identities, but Ansa News Agency said the couple live in the UK.
Italian Culture Minister Gennaro San Giuliano said: “We are grateful to the police for quickly finding the perpetrators of this uncivilized and outrageous act at the Colosseum. gave,” he said.
Minister San Giuliano said, “Now we hope that the law will be applied strictly and justice will be realized.”
He earlier said the man might face a fine of at least 15,000 euros (regarding 21.5 million won) and up to five years in prison for vandalism.
On the 23rd, a video of the man carving his and his girlfriend’s names on the wall of the Colosseum using a key was released on social media, incurring public outrage from the Italian public.
When a passer-by captured the embarrassing situation on camera, he even looked away and smiled.
The man inscribed in the Colosseum was ‘Ivan + Hayley 23’. It is presumed to be a phrase that means the couple’s name and the date of their visit.
As the video spread, the Italian people’s anger grew, and even the Minister of Culture announced that he would find and punish the tourist who wrote the graffiti.
Ansa News reported that this was the fourth graffiti incident at the Colosseum this year.
Meanwhile, the British daily Daily Mail reported that the man who graffitied at the Colosseum was Ivan Dimitrov, a 26-year-old fitness instructor living in England.
The Daily Mail quoted a police source as saying, “Dimitrov arrived in Italy with his older girlfriend on the 21st and left on the 26th. The man is from Bulgaria and the woman is British.”
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