By AFPMore by this AuthorSix tourists, including a French woman, have been arrested over accusations that they damaged Peru's cultural heritage by defecating in a sacred temple at the iconic Machu Picchu sanctuary. The tourists were arrested on Sunday after park rangers and police found them in a restricted area of the Temple of the Sun, an important site at the Inca citadel. Cultural authorities from Cusco, the region where Machu Picchu is located, said faeces were found in the Temple of the Sun. Several parts of the semi-circular Temple of the Sun are off limits to tourists for preservation reasons. It lies around 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the Andean city of Cusco, the old Inca capital in southeastern Peru.

Source: Daily Nation January 13, 2020 23:37 UTC