"Shortly after 4am on Friday 27 February a man was seen spraying graffiti on the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square. The first officers were on the scene within two minutes. The man who is 38 was arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage. He remains in custody."
"Other phrases including stop the genocide and free Palestine were sprayed in red paint on the bronze sculpture in Parliament Square, central London."
"The 3.6-metre monument, created by Ivor Roberts-Jones, was unveiled in 1973 by the former prime minister's wife, Clementine Churchill. It is one of 12 statues on or around Parliament Square, most of well-known statesmen such as Abraham Lincoln and Nelson Mandela."
A 38-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage after defacing the Winston Churchill statue outside Parliament with red paint graffiti. The vandalism included phrases such as 'Zionist war criminal,' 'stop the genocide,' and 'free Palestine.' Police arrived within two minutes of the incident occurring at 4am on Friday, 27 February. The statue, a 3.6-metre bronze sculpture unveiled in 1973, has been vandalized multiple times previously, including during 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and Extinction Rebellion demonstrations. The Metropolitan Police and Greater Manchester Police have intensified enforcement against protest-related slogans following terror attacks in October.
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