This is Japan:

As reported by the Asahi Shimbun on April 22, there have been a recent spur of tulip vandalism throughout the country. It began with one serial tulip assaulter and has since spawned copycats throughout the country. The vandals have police mystified, despite posting officers at major tulip collections the vandals were still able to take the heads of several hundred flowers. The Shimbun was also able to interview a local psychiatrist and gain insight into the acts, noting them to indicate a 'disregard for life' and are 'the signs of an oppressive society'. 

Tulips.

This sounds like a romance novel gone wrong. Don't piss me off, or I'll steal your tulips. Take that botanists!!