Rome Carabinieri police on Saturday
cited a 17-year-old German student for vandalizing the
Colosseum, sources said on Sunday.
The student, who was accompanied by a teacher, was caught
carving something into a wall on the ground floor of the
monument.
It is the third such case in only a few weeks.
These cases include that of a young tourist who defaced the
Colosseum by carving his and his girlfriend's name (Ivan+Haley
23) on one of the walls of the Flavian Amphitheatre with keys
last month.
Some bystanders filmed the scene, which allegedly took place on
23 June, and the video ended up on social media.
The tourist risks at least a 15,000 euro fine and imprisonment
for up to five years, Italian officials have said.
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