A man has been arrested after hacking off the face and breasts of a naked female statue in eastern Algeria. The man used a hammer and chisel to vandalize the statue, which sits on top of the famous Ain El Fouara fountain in Setif, some miles east of the capital Algiers. Passersby caught the incident on camera. The video shows the man ferociously chiseling off parts of the statue.
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Algeria , by Dirk Alvermann, Facsimile edition of a work first published in Steidl, Germany In , just around the time the Abu Ghraib scandal broke, an exhibition of photographs from the Algerian war opened in Paris. During that war, , press censorship in France was intense, and indeed censorship and propaganda was one of the themes of this groundbreaking exhibit. They display their captive — a courier for the liberation army — like a trophy. She has been raped.
Man hacks breasts off a naked female statue in Algeria
Algeria is safe and getting better , as long as you will have a guide you will be alright i promise.. I forgot to mention the language well Arabic and French are the only language spoken in algeria but english is of course is spoken in airports and hotels..
The Ain El Fouara fountain is a symbolic statue in the town that has been vandalised before by strict Islamists. Passers-by watched as the man chiselled off the face and breasts of the female figure, before he was arrested. Several videos of the incident rapidly started circulating on social media.