Calling the person an “idiot”, Venice’s Mayor Luigi Brugnaro stated in a Twitter publish that he would give the person a “certificate of stupidity and a lot of kicks” for the act, which has gone viral on social media.
The mayor additionally added a video of the dive on his account, saying that the person and his confederate who took the video might be arrested.
In the video, the individual, carrying solely boxer shorts, could be seen leaping from a constructing rooftop right into a canal, touchdown on his stomach.
“We are trying to identify him, to report him, him and his buddy below who made the stupid video for social media,” Brugnaro stated.
The mayor additionally stated he despatched police to the constructing to find out how the person was in a position to enter the non-public residential constructing and the way he was in a position to get to the rooftop.
“He risked his life in that jump, but he is also a delinquent. They don’t understand the danger they create in this city. What if a boat would have been passing below?”
Brugnaro urged anybody who has seen the video to assist determine the individual – who he known as a vacationer — however to not “like” the video on social media.
“They do these stupid things on social for the likes,” the mayor stated, including that “we will use the law to prosecute him.”
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The leap is simply the newest account of individuals behaving badly in Italy, particularly these visiting.
Last 12 months, greater than 40 vacationers have been arrested for swimming (typically nude) in Venice canals and one man was arrested for browsing down the Grand Canal.
Elsewhere, an American vacationer was fined for inflicting US$25,000 (AU$37,583) value of harm after throwing her e-scooter down the Spanish Steps in Rome.
A Saudi vacationer was fined after he drove a rented Maserati down the Spanish Steps.
Another vacationer drove a automotive down the pedestrian solely Ponte Vecchio in Florence and one other took a joyride on a moped by way of the ruins of Pompeii.
Other vacationers smashed statues within the Vatican museum.
Tourists have additionally been fined for carving initials in landmarks, stealing chunks of the colosseum in Rome and making off with every part from mosaics to fingers from the nation’s world class monuments and museums.
Source: www.9news.com.au
