- Title: DENMARK: VANDALS DECAPITATE THE LITTLE MERMAID STATUE
- Date: 6th January 1998
- Summary: COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (JANUARY 6, 1998) (RTV) 1. WIDE OF WATERFRONT AREA WITH POLICE VEHICLES 0.05 2. PAN PEOPLE GATHERED ON BANK, LOOKING AT STATUE 0.16 3. VARIOUS SHOTS OF DECAPITATED MERMAID STATUE/ PEOPLE WATCHING (2 SHOTS) 0.37 4. LV/SV'S DIVERS SEARCHING FOR HEAD (3 SHOTS) 0.54 5. SLV POLICE REMOVING BENCH APPARENTLY USED BY PERPETRATORS TO REACH STATUE 1.09 6. SV COPENHAGEN CRIMINAL COMMISIONER ARNE BREMHOLM SAYING "IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME, AND I AM SHOCKED BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN IN THE POLICE IN COPENHAGEN FOR 35 YEARS AND I WAS ALSO FOR ABOUT THIRTY YEARS AGO, FIRST TIME, AND NOW THE NEXT TIME. I AM SHOCKED (QUESTION: IS IT A JOKE, OR A KIDNAPPING OF THE HEAD AGAIN?) IT'S A VERY, VERY BAD JOKE. I CANNOT USE WORDS ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE IT IS OUR GIRL, IT IS THE WHOLE WORLD'S GIRL." (ENGLISH) 1.55 FILE (1964) (MONO/MUTE) 7. VARIOUS HEADLESS MERMAID AFTER PREVIOUS ATTACK (5 SHOTS) 2.14 RECENT (1997) 8. SLV/SV MERMAID WITH HEAD (2 SHOTS) 2.24 JANUARY 6, 1998 9. ZOOM OUT DIVERS LEAVING WATER AFTER COMPLETING SEARCH 2.43 Initials S3,P3 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
- Embargoed: 20th January 1998 12:00
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- Location: COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
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- Country: Denmark
- Reuters ID: LVA2GGQTE1E34ZBSAYZURRA1I9U6
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