Photo shows a sculpture allegedly smashed by an American tourist at Jerusalem’s Israel Museum due to what he said was a violation of the Torah, on Oct. 5, 2023. The Israel Museum said only that the two destroyed artifacts were “ancient Roman statues dating to the 2nd century CE. Note: Picture is private (Israel Museum/Newsflash)
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06 October 2023
A tourist has been seized by police after smashing two priceless ancient Roman sculptures at an Israeli museum. The US national reportedly took a huge cleft stick to the statues at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The unnamed man, said to be in his 40s, reportedly carried out the attack on...