To prevent further desecration, the flag of Israel’s city hall had to be re-hung. This step is intended to make access much more difficult for potential attackers. Moreover, it is only lifted during the day and lowered at night for safety reasons.
Outrage continues in the state capital over the shameful attack on the Israeli City Hall flag! As reported, two men, including a 17-year-old Syrian, climbed a scaffolding in Graz’s main square on Thursday evening to cut down the flag with a knife. And that exactly on the day of the commemoration of the November pogroms. Because the flag was damaged, a complaint has now been filed with the Graz Public Prosecutor’s Office for damage to property, “also for denigrating foreign symbols and on suspicion of sedition,” police spokesman Markus Lamb reports to the “Krone”.
Because the suspects ran in different directions as they fled to Jakominiplatz, only one of the two could be captured – and he has so far remained silent during interrogations. “He doesn’t confess and says it’s all a coincidence,” Lamb said. The man doesn’t want to know the other man.
Embarrassing: to prevent further desecration, the Israeli flag had to be re-hung. This step is intended to make access much more difficult for potential attackers. Moreover, it is only lifted during the day and lowered at night for safety reasons. The City Hall security service is keeping a close eye on it, and the increased presence of the executive in Graz’s squares continues. The reason for this: the terror alert level was raised in mid-October.
Source: Krone
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