A group of 11 people took off their clothes, killed a sheep and chained themselves together by the main gate of the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz before being detained by police, officials said Friday. A spokesman for the Auschwitz memorial, Bartosz Bartyzel, told The Associated Press their motives were not clear as they briefly stood and then sat down by the notorious "Arbeit Macht Frei" "Work sets you free" gate in the southern city of Oswiecim on Friday afternoon. Auschwitz inmates passed through the gate when brought into the death camp and when led by armed Nazi guards to slave labor sites. Bartyzel said museum guards ordered the group to dress and called the police.

The annual event, which usually sees hundreds of people cycle through the city in the buff, was due to take place on June 20 Organisers broke the news to participants via a Facebook post last month. The Naked Bike Ride aims to promote cycle safety in urban spaces and the health impact of road pollution. A poster used to previously promote the bicycle race reads: "By cycling naked we show the vulnerability of cyclists on city streets.

Instead, a defiant Guzman took a parting shot at a judge in federal court in Brooklyn by accusing him of making a mockery of the U. Experts say he will likely wind up at the federal government's Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, where inmates are held alone for 23 hours a day and have little human interaction. The year-old drug lord - sporting his trademark moustache after being clean-shaven during his trial - also used what could be his last chance to speak in public by complaining about being kept in solitary confinement since he was brought to the U.