In our language it is called as acts of vandalism to those actions that are perpetrated by one or more people and that consist of destroying and devastating everything in their path. Normally they attack with extreme violence and impudence commercial premises, houses, buildings, schools, public institutions, among others, breaking them or attacking them directly with blunt objects that cause severe damage.
It should be noted that this action is popularly called vandalism.
The denomination as vandalism or acts of vandalism is not whimsical far from it but it has a reason for being and that is that in the past there was a Germanic barbarian people from Central Europe, which was characterized by acting in a hyper wild, uncontrolled way and without respect for anything and which was formally called vandals. For example, over time, that name was transferred to the language to refer to people or groups that behave in a chaotic and violent way.
Vandals are absolutely destructive, they intend to end everything that exists in their path and especially what they consider threatening or contrary to their ideas and proposals. Nor do they stop before private property or before the authority that tries to stop them, they are even capable of attacking with their total savagery the authorities that intend to disarm or deactivate them.
Normally, the objects of destruction are the benches are national monuments, benches, squares, walls, that are in the public space. Some consist of painted with graffiti in those places or directly destroy them.
The great affected by these damages is the community in general that will be complicated when it comes to wanting to enjoy those public places that were mistreated and destroyed by vandals.
And not to mention the individuals who suffer an act of this type on their property since they will have to face the repair and restoration costs per se.
Vandals are punished by the current regulations of most of the world's laws, however, in some cases and situations, vandals tend to attack at night, at times when security is scarce and then it becomes really difficult to apprehend them with your hands. in the mass.