In an apparent attempt to create a shortcut, two people working in Shanxi province allegedly used machinery to remove a section of the Great Wall of China.
In an apparent attempt to create a shortcut, two people allegedly used heavy machinery to remove a sizeable section of the Great Wall of China in Shanxi province, according to a online notice by local authorities.
The duo used an excavator to widen a pre-existing gap so that their heavy machinery could pass through it, according to theThe pair — a 38-year-old man named Zheng and a 55-year-old woman named Wang — removed the wall"to shorten a journey," according to a CNBC translation of the notice published on Aug. 31. The suspects are both from Inner Mongolia.Case solved 'the same day'
An investigation into the damage started and ended on the same day, according to the notice, which stated that officials learned of the damage on the afternoon of Aug. 24, rushed to the scene and located the pair with the excavator. The pair severely damaged the wall in an area built under the Ming Dynasty that has"relatively complete side walls and beacon towers," according to the notice.
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