The mayor of Venice, Luigi Brunaro, denounced this Wednesday "two idiots" who were filmed water skiing on the Grand Canal, offering dinner to anyone who identified them.
Later, after their Twitter call went viral, Luigi Brugnaro announced that they had found the duo and confiscated their boards. He added that they would be treated "as they deserve."
"Here are two arrogant idiots making fun of our city," Luigi Brugnaro wrote, posting a video showing two young men on skis pulled by a speedboat on the canal, the Italian city's most famous waterway. "I'm offering dinner to those who identify them!"
However, he seemed to admit there was little he could do to stop the two skiers, saying: "There is an urgent need to give mayors more power in matters of public safety."
After becoming a ghost town during the Covid-19 lockdown period, Venice once again attracts tourists from all over the world and its canals are, as before the pandemic, animated by intense boat traffic.
