Vandals smash Chinese New Year ice sculpture in Chinatown
This year marks the fifth-consecutive year the sculptures have been installed in collaboration with the Chinatown Ice Sculpture Showcase .
Each of the sculptures depicts a colourful rabbit signifying the year of the rabbit, one of twelve animals in the Chinese Zodiac. Due to the size of the sculptures, ward 7 councillor and former Chinatown BIA executive director Terry Wong says he doesn’t believe the alleged act of vandalism was random.“What I heard yesterday was around six or seven o clock last night some person came by with a blowtorch melted it and knocked it over. So if you can imagine that, it is unbelievable
The Calgary police are now investigating the incident and Councillor Wong says the city has asked police to add more patrols to the area while the sculptures are on display for the next week.He says despite the alleged act of vandalism, it won’t hinder the community’s celebrations.“You see a lot of people down here enjoying it. It’s unfortunate we don’t have an ice sculpture for them to look at.”
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