INTERNATIONAL NEWS - The 2016 Olympic torch relay through Brazil has hit another snag this week.
A man was arrested on Sunday in the southwestern Brazilian city of Maracaju, Mato Grosso do Sul state after attempting to throw a bucket of water on the Olympic Torch.
Marcelino Mateus Silva Proença, 27, missed the torch altogether hitting only the torch bearer and the security guards around it according to local police chief, Amylcar Eduardo Romero.
Video posted to social media showed he was standing on the sidewalk when he threw the bucket of water towards the torch. Proença was arrested at home shortly after fleeing the scene. Romero says Proença's friends had dared him to do the deed.
Early last week Proença posted a photo on his Facebook page of a man holding a bucket with a caption that read: "Waiting for the torch to pass."
On Monday, Proença posted a meme with cartoon character He-Man holding the torch. The meme read: "I have the torch, but don't have education, health, security, quality of life..."
