According to the Slovenian Daily, the head was removed from the bronze monument to the Yugoslav president in Velenje during the night between Friday and Saturday. Titus.
The perpetrator was found, announced the municipality of Velenje, but his identity was not announced, RTS reports.
It is only known that the perpetrator is a man, that he is 40 years old, that he hid the head of Tito's monument in the trunk of the car, and that the car has two Croatian license plates.
The perpetrator was found based on a tip from a citizen who noticed that a man was loading a large metal object into a vehicle.
According to reports, the rehabilitation of the monument will be carried out as soon as possible, reports Delo.
"The municipality of Velenje strongly condemns any such act and emphasizes that there is no place in our city for vandalism and attacks on cultural and historical heritage," the municipality stated.
The life-size monument to Tito was made by sculptor Antun Augustinčić in 1977. The monument was unveiled on June 25, 1977, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Tito's accession to the head of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, the founding congress of the Communist Party of Slovenia, and the location for the statue was chosen by Antun Augustinčić.
