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From Phys.org (AFP):
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has launched an investigation into a video filmed at night on its Geneva campus depicting a mock ritual human sacrifice, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
The bizarre video which has circulated online for days shows several individuals in black cloaks gathering in a main square at Europe's top physics lab, in what appears to be a re-enactment of an occult ceremony.
The video includes the staged "stabbing" of a woman.
[...] "CERN does not condone this type of spoof, which can give rise to misunderstandings about the scientific nature of our work,"
Publish or perish ... it seems like some may take things too far.
Also at The Guardian.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @05:31AM
They've done other weird stuff at Switzerland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1Xg7lYuYus#t=8m45s [youtube.com]
It's not good art nor is it really part of normal Swiss tradition. They gave various explanations for it, but just as plausible is the explanation that those in power are now confident and secure enough to do weird stuff like this. e.g. "What are you going to do about it, and what can you do? We rule this part of the world now, haha!".