Local prosecutors say the unknown perpetrators removed a metal structure 23m long and weighing 56 tons from the bridge - its main central span, reports BBC. The disused bridge is located in a remote forest near the abandoned settlement of Oktyabrskaya, around 170km south of the regional capital, Murmansk. Luckily, the bridge was disused and the tracks lifted long ago, according to state newspaper Rossiskaya Gazeta. A picture posted on the Russian social network VK showed that the bridge was already missing its central section. The theft of metal objects by thieves interested in their scrap value has long been a problem in Russia.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 05, 2019 18:00 UTC