Strangers painted the Russian flag on Copenhagen’s Little Mermaid

THE little Mermaid, the symbol of Copenhagen and Denmark, vandalized during the night and a large Russian flag was painted on its base.

Her police Denmark announced the launch of an investigation, without mentioning any evidence of the design of this symbol of support for Moscow amid the war in Ukraine.

The Little Mermaid, his heroine Hans Christian Andersenis located on a secluded shore of Copenhagen harbor and since 1913, when it was established, has been quite often the target of vandalism.

In 1964 beheaded for the first time. Her head was never found.

In 1998vandals cut off her head a second time, to return it afterwards, while the 2003 the little mermaid became the target of an explosion.

It is often the target of graffiti or paint. Recently, the 2020, strangers wrote the mysterious on her “Racist fish”.

A Russian flag was discovered painted onto the base of Denmark’s “The Little Mermaid” statue on Thursday in what police said was a “case of vandalism” at Copenhagen’s most famous landmark and a popular tourist attraction.#Denmark | #Russia https://t.co/94swkdzGPB

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