Celebrations for the Argentine champion: they broke down the Obelisk’s door again and took a drastic measure so that no one else would go up

Thousands of fans took to the streets this Tuesday to celebrate the long-awaited title of Argentina national team in Qatar 2022. While the tour of the world champions with the Cup was being organized around the City and the majority enjoyed a historic event with joy, there were also moments of lack of control.

The Obelisk Once again it was the target of vandalism, just as it happened on Sunday for the post-championship celebrations. a group of fans he broke the door of the historic monument and climbed to the top.

The situation required an emergency intervention by the Municipal Fire Brigade, who went up and cut down the intruders. “They were asked to get off and moments later they withdrew in order and peacefully,” security sources in Buenos Aires explained.

“The firefighters created a chain of lights to give light to those who descended and accompanied them until the last one withdrew,” they added.

Faced with the repeated attacks against the Obelisk and the fear that they would be repeated during the day – when the number of calls was increasing due to the expectation generated by the passage of Lionel Messi and his companions from Scaleneta -, the Municipality took a measure drastic once the evacuation is complete: they cut the ladder so that no one else gets on.

“Partial cutting of the staircase was carried out, anchoring the entrance to the first landing to prevent public access”, specified sources in Buenos Aires.

Furthermore, the access door was welded again, a measure that was taken even after the hospitalizations on Sunday, when numerous graffiti were also made on the base of the monument.

Minister’s request

In anticipation of the impressive celebration, the Minister of Security and Justice of Buenos Aires, Marcelo D’Alessandro, appealed to the responsibility of each person so that they do not climb on the structures and that there are no injuries during the celebrations.

“From 5 in the morning we work to get people off where they get on. They even climbed the Colón pergola. The security forces will work together, but we must appeal to accountability,” the official said in dialogue with Radio Continental.

“The police forces are about to drop those who have climbed the Obelisk. They went with a club to break down the door of the Obelisk to climb. These violent people do not represent the party of the people”, he added in relation to the last vandalism of the monument in Buenos Aires.

Finally, the official reiterated the request for people “to fully stretch out” to take the bus with the players of the Argentine team “because if there are many people in the Obelisk it will be impossible for the bus to get there“.

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