13.05.2011
In the Balsall Heath area of Birmingham, an advertisement for bikinis by the high-street retailer H&M, showing a bikini model on a beach, has been blacked out with spray paint. More specifically, the body and the face of model have been covered up with black paint. As the area has a large population, local residents speculate that the act of vandalism was a religiously-motivated attack, carried out by Muslim extremists who were offended by the scantily-dressed model. The police also believe that extremists who object to women in swimsuits or bikinis are responsible for this act.
