Italy tourist spot daubed red by 'cowardly' vandals
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An investigation has been launched after vandals apparently smeared red pigment across Italy's Scala de Turchi, a famous white cliff on the island of Sicily, an incident condemned as "cowardly" by local officials.
(CNN) — An incident in which vandals apparently smeared red pigment across a famous white cliff on the island of Sicily has been condemned as "cowardly" by local officials.
An investigation has been launched after the Scala dei Turchi, or Turks' Steps -- a distinctive cascade of marl limestone rock jutting out of the Mediterranean on the island's southwest coast -- were allegedly targeted overnight between January 7 and 8.
Photos released by the police show streaks of red running down the slopes of the rocks, which are a popular tourist attraction and, according to legend, were once a landing site for Saracen or Arabic sailors.
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