Police tape is seen in front of a paint-covered Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, yesterday.
Stockholm: The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, the city's most famous monument, was yesterday vandalised for the second time in just over two weeks, police said.
The bronze statue had been doused in red on May 30 by activists outraged over whaling.
And yesterday, she was smothered in blue and white paint, the Copenhagen police said on its Twitter account, adding they were looking for a "slim girl with fair hair".
"Befri (sic) Abdulle", or "Free Abdulle" in English, had been written on the ground in front of the statue, which is perched on a rock by the waterside.
The police did not elaborate further on the writing, which appears to refer to Abdulle Ahmed, a 36-year-old Somali citizen in Denmark who has allegedly been given forced medication for more than a decade at a psychiatric hospital over reported violence against caregivers.
The high-profile case has sparked outrage in the Nordic nation and Somalia's ambassador to the Benelux and the EU has hired a lawyer to help return Ahmed to his native country, according to local media.
The statue has been vandalised numerous times over the years, including when the mermaid's head was stolen in 1964 and 1998.
