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Two people have been detained in China after allegedly damaging a section of the Great Wall in the northern Shanxi province with an excavator, according to state broadcaster CCTV.

Authorities in Youyu County said they received a report on August 24 that a gap in the wall was created in Yangqianhe Township, CCTV reported.

After an investigation, police found a 38-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman had used an excavator to breach the wall in order to create a shortcut to pass through, causing “irreversible” damage to the integrity and safety of that portion of the wall, the broadcaster said.

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[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Chriszz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Rewrite the title and this could be a nottheonion post

[–] w2tpmf@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Were they Mongolian?

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 9 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Two people have been detained in China after allegedly damaging a section of the Great Wall in the northern Shanxi province with an excavator, according to state broadcaster CCTV.

Authorities in Youyu County said they received a report on August 24 that a gap in the wall was created in Yangqianhe Township, CCTV reported.

After an investigation, police found a 38-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman had used an excavator to breach the wall in order to create a shortcut to pass through, causing “irreversible” damage to the integrity and safety of that portion of the wall, the broadcaster said.

Police said the investigation was ongoing.

The area, known as the 32nd Great Wall, is one of the surviving complete walls and watch towers dated back to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and is listed as a provincial cultural relic site.

The Great Wall was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.


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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

The Mongols wished they had excavators back in ye olden days!