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American tourist smashes two statues at the Vatican after being denied a visit with the Pope

Outrage at the Vatican Museums, where an American tourist threw two antique busts from the Chiaramonti gallery on the ground, damaging them in a fit of rage.

The man, in his fifties, was immediately arrested and handed over to the Gendarmerie according to a very strict internal procedure.

The man, an American tourist of Egyptian origins, wanted to see the Pope and when he was told that it was not possible he threw himself against the first bust, knocking it to the ground and damaging it. Then the second bust fell as he ran. The . . .

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