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Cyber vandals have bombed an area of Denmark on part of online gaming sensation Minecraft.

Hackers caused the damage after smuggling virtual dynamite into the area in mining carts - and then raised US flags.

A digital recreation of the country had been provided by the Danish government earlier this month to help educate children and to make school lessons more fun.

According to the BBC, US flags were raised in the area leading into Denmark as well as red, white and blue "America" signs.

Chris Hammeken, chief press officer at the Danish Geodata Agency, said: "Only a minor area was destroyed. The flags actually appeared right where the players start, so I think the people who put them there wanted to gain as much attention as possible.

"Minecraft is about building and rebuilding. It was the players who cleaned up the damage, replacing it with green grass and flowers the following morning."

Minecraft is an online building game and last year their 'pocket edition' app was named as the top-selling app of the year among children in the UK.

The model of Denmark has been downloaded 220,000 times since it was launched at the start of May.

The damage has now been fixed.