Mermaid's head still missing

Copenhagen - Danish police have been left scratching their heads as they hunt for the vandals who decapitated the Little Mermaid…

Copenhagen - Danish police have been left scratching their heads as they hunt for the vandals who decapitated the Little Mermaid.

Few clues have emerged about the second beheading in 35 years of the statue on Copenhagen's waterfront, which has shocked the Danish public and worried tourism officials. Frogmen scouring the harbour near the statue failed to find the Little Mermaid's bronze head and two youths on roller skates seen near the landmark early on Tuesday morning have not responded to police requests to contact them.

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