Chinese police Two people have been arrested for causing serious damage to a section of the Great Wall by opening a hole in the structure so that heavy machinery could pass, State television CCTV reported this today.

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The suspects, identified by their surnames Zheng and Wang, are two construction workers who, according to the police investigation, used an excavator to dig a large hole in one of the sections of the wall in central Shanxi province. to facilitate the passage of your machines.

The incident has occurred last August 24 in the section called “32″which is part of the Great Wall built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and which takes its name from its status as the 32nd checkpoint in the territory of Youyu County.

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Police received a complaint about the fact and moved to the place, where he found evidence that the wall had been destroyed by a heavy machine.

After tracking them down, the officers located the two suspects in a neighboring town and took them to the police station for questioning, after which they confessed to damaging the structure “to avoid making a detour”. (JO)