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Maroosha Muzaffar

‘Are you stupid?’: Tourist attacked after climbing steps of forbidden pyramid in Mexico

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A Polish tourist who attempted to climb a Mayan temple in Mexico was hit on the head with a stick by a bystander and berated by another before eventually being detained.

It is forbidden to climb the stairs of the pyramid of Kukulkan, also known as El Castillo, located at the site of an ancient city called Chichen Itza that falls under the Tinum Municipality in the Yucatán state.

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