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Theme park owner promises to shut down 'spinning swastikas' ride

Park owner 'apologises unreservedly to everyone who feels disturbed and insulted'

August 21, 2019 12:22
The Eagle Fly ride
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After an internet uproar, the owner of a German amusement park has promised to shut down a ride that looked to many like spinning swastikas— complete with eagle-shaped cars.

Rüdiger Braun, who runs Tatzmania outside Löffingen in southwest Germany, said he did not notice the Eagle Fly carousel resembled the Nazi symbol but “apologise[d] unreservedly to everyone who feels disturbed and insulted” and insisted the ride will be redesigned.

People on Reddit, however, were quick to notice the attraction’s shape after a video was uploaded to the site.

“I don’t know what it is but they look like swastikas” said one user.

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