A drunk German tourist relieved himself from the first-floor terrace of his Majorca holiday home onto the street below in a revolting act caught on camera.
The shaven-headed lout urinated in broad daylight over the canopies of shops before horrified onlookers who yelled at him and demanded he stop.
A shocked English-speaking man asked him over and over: “What are you f****** doing?” But the yob carried on. The drunk German tourist, who was wearing an armband in his country’s colours, just mumbled an unintelligible one-word response.
As he zipped himself up and staggered back across the terrace to his holiday apartment, another onlooker could be heard in Spanish urging another to call the police.
It was not immediately clear whether officers responded and arrested him. The vile episode happened in the party resort of S’Arenal on the eastern end of Playa de Palma near the Majorcan capital.
It offered the latest proof Germans now appear to be taking the lead over badly-behaving British holidaymakers, who previously hit the headlines with their antics in Magaluf.
The graphic example of tourist misbehaviour comes at a time when feelings on the island are at boiling point because of tourist saturation and anger over the type of visitors parts of Majorca attracts.
Local police on Sunday arrested a drunk German tourist who interrupted his holiday in Majorca to try to steal a £295,000 bulldozer he ended up crashing.
The 26-year-old cheated death after overturning the 25-tonne vehicle on the edge of a steep drop at the quarry he broke into near his hotel in S’Arenal.
He was held after running to a nearby house covered in blood to seek help. The quarry owners said afterwards the bulldozer was a write-off and they were pressing charges against the man who now faces a criminal probe and huge bill for compensation.
Police sources said at the time the tourist was lucky to be alive as the vehicle overturned right by a 30ft drop.
Two German tourists have already fallen to their deaths so far this year in the S’Arenal area.
Riot police were forced to use rubber bullets to disperse a group of German football hooligans running wild in May.
Bad behaviour from tourists has helped fuel increasing anti-mass tourism protests in places including Majorca and Ibiza.
More than 300 island campaigners took over the Majorcan cove of Calo des Moro in a bid to “squeeze” out tourists who have made the famous beach a no-go area for locals in summer.
An estimated 15,000 people took part in an anti-mass tourism protest in Palma on May 25, which led to one of the organisers having to apologise afterwards for abuse directed at some foreign holidaymakers.
Shocked holidaymakers were booed and jeered by some locals as they ate evening meals on terraces in Palma’s Weyler Square.
The Palma protest took place a day after about 1,000 people massed outside Ibiza Council’s HQ to vent their anger over the effects of mass tourism.
About 1,000 people packed into a central square in the Menorcan capital Mahon in another demo on June 8.
Campaigners are currently working on a huge Canary Islands-style demo across the Balearic Islands planned for next month at the height of the holiday season.
A probable date of July 21 has been put forward for the show of strength in the archipelago off eastern Spain – on Majorca, Ibiza, Menorca and Formentera.
The organisers are predicting it will be the largest protest of its kind in Spain since thousands took to the streets across the Canary Islands on April 20.
The German holidaymaker’s disgraceful behaviour also came as police prepared to keep England fans in check in Magaluf by bringing in reinforcements for the Euro 2024 game against Serbia on Sunday (June 16).
Council chiefs covering the party resort have confirmed they will be intensifying their efforts to maintain public safety on the days of all England’s matches in the tournament.
A spokesman for Calvia Council, which employs the officers who make up one of the two forces responsible for policing in Magaluf, said: “Local police will intensify their efforts to guarantee the safety of tourists and residents the days of key matches, such as those that involve teams like England. When England play against Serbia there are going to be more police in the Magaluf area.”
The council said it would also be keeping a close eye on bars and other establishments that install TVs inside and outside of venues to coincide with Euro 2024, and cracking down on any excess noise.
The spokesman said: “We have established strict regulations for the installation of TV screens inside and outside public establishments. Those regulations include the obligation to obtain a licence to initiate and exercise activity, as well as the obligation to present documentation on the sound level limiter if applicable.”
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