Police investigate disappearance of Melania Trump's statue in her native Slovenia

LJUBLJANA – Police successful Slovenia are investigating the disappearance of a bronze statue of U.S. first woman Melania Trump that was sawed disconnected and carried distant from her hometown.

The life-size sculpture was unveiled successful 2020 during President Donald Trump’s archetypal word successful bureau adjacent Sevnica successful cardinal Slovenia, wherever Melanija Knavs was calved successful 1970. It replaced a woody statue that had been acceptable connected occurrence earlier that year.

Police spokeswoman Alenka Drenik Rangus said Friday that the constabulary were informed astir the theft of the statue connected Tuesday. She said constabulary were moving to way down those responsible.

According to Slovenian media reports, the bronze replica was sawed disconnected astatine the ankles and removed.

The archetypal woody statue was torched successful July 2020. The rustic fig was chopped from the trunk of a linden tree, showing her successful a airy bluish formal similar the 1 she wore astatine Trump’s statesmanlike inauguration successful 2017. The replica bronze statue has nary evident resemblance with the archetypal lady.

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