January 18, 2005

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  Police hunt poo protesters

  
  

  Police in Germany are hunting pranksters who have been sticking miniature US flags into piles of dog poo in public parks.

  
  

  Josef Oettl, parks administrator for Bayreuth, said: "This has been going on for about a year now, and there must be 2,000 to 3,000 piles of excrement that have been claimed during that time."

  
  

  The series of incidents was originally thought to be some sort of protest against the US-led invasion of Iraq.

  
  

  Police say they are completely baffled as to who is to blame.

  
  

  Legal experts say there is no law against using faeces as a flag stand and the federal constitution is vague on the issue.

  
  

   

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