Alpine crosses under threat as Bavarian police hunt summit axeman

Vandalism of mountain-top crosses has led some, including climber Reinhold Messner, to question the tradition The culprit struck in the dead of night, using an axe and a handsaw. As day dawned, a group of campers saw with horror that the wooden cross on the top of the Schafreuter mountain, 2.8 metres tall and weighing 250kg, was swaying precariously in the morning air. The third act of vandalism in Bavaria's Lenggries municipality in four months has left locals scrambling to hunt down the "summi...