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 167 miles east of the capital Algiers.
Passersby caught the incident on camera. The video shows the man ferociously chiseling off parts of the statue.
The Ain El Fouara is a famous landmark in the city of Setif. The statue of the woman was added to complete the fountain in 1899.
The video shows the man aggressively hacking at the sculpture while a crowd loudly protests. Passers-by try to stop him, hitting him with sticks and throwing objects at him.
Finally, two men climb up onto the statue and manage to wrestle the hammer out of his hand.
The footage shows police officers having to stop the crowds from attacking the man.
The man was arrested. According to police, he suffers from a mental illness.
This is not the first time the lady on the fountain has been attacked. In 2006, an Islamist extremist removed her face and breasts in a similar manner.
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