Saudi Man destroys 300 year old statues in Japan

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Man Arrested for Destroying Four Statues at Sensoji Temple

June 12th, 2014

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A man was arrested late last night for destroying four Buddhist statues, one of which was a Significant Cultural Property.

According to news station NHK World, the vandal was a 31-year-old graduate student at Keio University and a national of Saudi Arabia. Police received calls on Wednesday night with reports of a “foreigner behaving violently” around Sensoji Temple in the Asakusa area of Tokyo. When police arrived, they found four broken statues: three of them were made of stone, and one, designated as a Significant Cultural Property, was a 200 cm bronze that is approximately 300 years old.

After being arrested, the man admitted to the crime and said that he had committed a similar attack in another temple; police are currently investigating the student’s report.

According to Ahram Online, moderate Saudis have “condemned the actions of the Saudi citizen” as intolerant and disrespectful.

Sensoji Temple, located in Taito Ward, is one of the more recognizable tourist destinations in Tokyo.
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He better hope Karma is just a fairytale, or he's in big k@k.
 
If the roles were reversed (Ie. Foreigner in Saudi Arabia), he'd get a life or death sentence, I'm sure.
I don't understand how people think it's ok to do shlt like this. :erm:
 
Just wondering what would happen to a foreigner who applied a similar level of wilful violence to a mosque in Saudi Arabia. Perhaps that ought to be the punishment which fits the crime?
 
McT said:
Just wondering what would happen to a foreigner who applied a similar level of wilful violence to a mosque in Saudi Arabia. Perhaps that ought to be the punishment which fits the crime?
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Seems fair.

Japan gets to choose three holy relics in Saudi and destroy them.
 
/runs to Voortrekker Monument
/takes defensive position
 
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