Putin
the 'Peacemaker': banner hung from Manhattan Bridge puzzles police
Giant
portrait of besuited president in front of a Russian flag was draped
from New York landmark
Reuters
in New York
Friday 7 October
2016 02.06 BST
New York City police
were looking for whoever draped a gigantic banner featuring a
portrait of President Vladimir Putin over the side of the Manhattan
Bridge on Thursday.
The 20ft by 30ft
banner appeared on the side of the bridge between lower Manhattan and
the borough of Brooklyn, featuring Putin dressed in a suit in front
of the Russian flag with the word “Peacemaker” in capital
letters.
New York City police
received a call about the banner at 2.45pm and removed it about half
an hour later, a spokesman said.
Police said they
were looking for the owners of the banner. Photograph: Reuters
“There are no
details on why or who – it has to be investigated,” the spokesman
said.
Police were looking
at surveillance video on the bridge and in nearby areas.
In 2014 a large
Palestinian flag was suspended from the Manhattan Bridge by
solidarity groups during a protest march across the nearby Brooklyn
Bridge.
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