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Zlatan Ibrahimovic's Nose Cut Off of Statue in Sweden

MALMO, Sweden (AP) – The statue of Swedish soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been the target of more vandalism.

This time, its nose has been chopped off.

Ibrahimovic angered fans of his boyhood club, Malmo, last month when he bought a stake in one of its title rivals, Hammarby, and outlined his desire to make the Stockholm-based team ''the best in Scandinavia.''

Hours after that was announced, a statue of Ibrahimovic that is located outside Malmo's stadium was attacked, with vandals attempting to set it on fire and writing racist graffiti next to it. On Dec.