Two people have been arrested in China after allegedly damaging a section of the Great Wall of China in the northern Shanxi province with an excavator.
State broadcaster CCTV said authorities in Youyu County received a report ob August 24 that a gap in the wall had been created in Yangqianhe Township.
Following an investigation, police said a 38-year-old man and 55-year-old woman had used an excavator to break through the wall to create a shortcut to pass through.
CCTV said "irreversible" damage had been done to the safety and integrity of that section of the wall.
Police said the investigation was ongoing.
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The area, known as the 32nd Great Wall, is one of the surviving complete walls and watch towers dated back to the Ming Dynasty.
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