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Sunday, October 17, 2021
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, October 17, 2021
Palestinian man smashes iconic lion statues in Ramallah
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Palestinian Authority police detain a man using a hammer to smash the iconic lion statues in the West Bank city of Ramallah's al-Manara Square, October 17, 2021. (Screen capture: Twitter)
Palestinian Authority police have arrested a man who smashed Ramallah’s iconic downtown lion statues, reportedly because he considered them to be idols.
The lion statues in Ramallah’s al-Manara Square are well-known landmarks. The suspect managed to knock three of the statues’ heads off before police detained him.
The symbol of Manara Square in Ramallah are the lion statues in its center
A Palestinian guy arrived there today and began smashing the statues with a heavy hammer. PA police arrested him and In his interrogation he claimed that the statues are idolatry and should be smashed pic.twitter.com/ISf3mTOdlJ
— Elior Levy • אליאור לוי (@eliorlevy) October 17, 2021
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