A furious Frenchman was arrested on Thursday after he marched into an Apple Store and smashed up several iPhones using a petanque [bocce] ball.
The unnamed man was captured on camera using the solid metal ball to crush the smartphones and at least one laptop.
Dressed in dark glasses and one white glove, the vandal struck in the Toison d'Or shopping centre in Dijon.
He was eventually arrested after trying to flee from security guards.
In a video of the incident shared on social media, the man declares that Apple "violates customer rights" and claims he has been refused a refund.
Footage shows the man methodically making his way round a display of iPhones and smashing them, as the shop alarm shrills in the background.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37516754
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday October 01 2016, @09:42AM
(Score: 2) by pvanhoof on Saturday October 01 2016, @09:57AM
Still better to destroy things when angry, than to destroy other human beings or animals. There are people who, when they get angry, hit people with metal objects. Latter people usually get less punishment than this guy wil get. Because, Apple.
(Score: 2) by nishi.b on Saturday October 01 2016, @01:36PM
Well, this is not the US. He will probably have to pay for the damages, plus a fine, and maybe a suspended sentence of a few months in jail (if it is his first offense).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @10:39AM
What if he smashed up the place where you live?
What, me? I'm an ugly unpopular loser who never uses social media. The police would arrest me for defending my home, and the court would give my house to the well dressed social guy. Obviously.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @01:20PM
Good thing it wasn't Galaxy Note 7s. That would have been suicide.