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Two held after smashing hole in Great Wall
Published on: 2023-09-07
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Two people have been detained after using an excavator to dig a hole in a section of the Great Wall of China, state broadcaster CCTV said.
 

The suspects admitted under questioning that they had used a digger to create a shortcut in the wall in a bid to reduce local travel time, state media reported.
 

Construction of the Great Wall, which is split into sections that in total stretch for thousands of kilometers, first began in the third century BC and continued for centuries.
 

The section of the Great Wall affected, situated about a six-hour drive west of central Beijing, dates back to China's Ming Dynasty of the 14th through 17th centuries.
 

State broadcaster CCTV reported Monday that the suspects had caused "irreversible damage" to the Ming-era wall, which was described as a "relatively intact" section of significant research value.
 

Images on Chinese state TV showed the aftermath of the scene, where a dusty road had been cut through a long, raised section of ground that appeared to be the remnants of the ancient barrier.
 

"Currently, the two suspects have been criminally detained in accordance with the law, and the case is continuing to be investigated," according to CCTV.
 

痛惜!长城被挖掘机拦腰“斩断”!2人被刑拘

近日,山西右玉县发生一起令人震惊的事件,两名犯罪嫌疑人用挖掘机挖穿了一段长城。而他们这么做的原因是“为了抄近路去施工现场”。
 

这段长城位于右玉,可以追溯到明朝(1368-1644年),在400多年的战争中保存下来。然而,一台挖掘机就将其夷为平地。报道称,两名嫌疑人已被拘留,等待刑事指控。

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