Sao Paulo mayor declares war on wall writers


  • World
  • Thursday, 27 Apr 2017

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - It took Brazilian artist Iaco one minute to whip out a can of spray paint and write "doria" seven times across a grey wall in Sao Paulo.

It took four minutes for a police officer to arrive, gun drawn, handcuff Iaco and haul him to the nearest precinct - a swift response to a high-profile provocation in Mayor Joمo Doria's war on graffiti.

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