Rio de Janeiro, Ramadan 22, 1437, Jun 27, 2016, SPA -- A man has been arrested for trying to extinguish the Olympic torch by throwing a bucket of water over it as it passed through his farming town of Maracaju in central Brazil, an officer at the local police station said on Monday. Police arrested the 27-year-old at the scene on Sunday for damaging public property, the officer said. The Olympic flame continued to burn, video footage showed. The crime can carry a sentence of between six months and three years in prison, Reuters reported. --SPA 19:25 LOCAL TIME 16:25 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w