2008-08-28
A group of vandals have hit Vancouver B.C.'s Olympic Countdown Clock.
Police spokesperson Jana McGuinness says just after midnight Thursday they received a call that three people had doused the clock with white paint.
McGuiness says the suspects were tracked down on nearby Robson Street a short time later.
They were easy to find - their clothes and hands were covered with paint.
Two 19-year-old men a 20-year-old woman were arrested and are facing mischief charges.
There is no estimate for the cost of the damage.
This isn't the first time the clock has been the target of protesters.
In February 2007, protesters armed with balls of rocks and paint balloons crashed the clock unveiling outside of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
One masked protester even stormed the stage, shoving a startled VANOC executive away from the microphone.
No group has claimed responsibility for the vandalism, and police say it's too early in the investigation to know if this latest incident is linked with any others.