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Despite a commonly acknowledged need for a memorial commemorating
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In 2012 the monument was defaced again with a splash of bright red paint that was delivered just at the bottom of the monument's "potato" by the street artist Keo as an indication of the bloodshed the monument is supposed to commemorate. The red paint makes the monument to look as though it is
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doesn't have the qualifications to undertake such a work, since he is a designer, not a sculptor". The
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Owing to its relative unpopularity, the monument is guarded round-the-clock. Despite this, on the night of 12 May 2006, it was vandalized with a
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