LONDON — A man was arrested on Thursday in connection with the vandalism of a glass display case at the cathedral in Salisbury, England, housing an original Magna Carta, one of the world’s most revered legal documents.
The local police said the man, 45, was taken into custody and is suspected of using a hammer to smash three holes in the case protecting the document, which was made in 1215 and is one of only four surviving original copies.
“We are very relieved that no one was hurt during the incident and that the Magna Carta itself is undamaged,” a spokeswoman for the Salisbury Cathedral said in a statement. “We are very grateful to all who dealt with the situation so swiftly.” The document has been temporarily taken off display, the statement added.
The Salisbury Cathedral has been in the news for another reason this year. Two men accused of poisoning a former Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury in March claimed they were actually in the city to see the cathedral.
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