Man arrested after Winston Churchill statue tagged with 'Stop the Genocide' message
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Churchill Statue Vandalized, Suspect ArrestedA 38-year-old was detained on Feb 27 for racially aggravated damage after graffiti appeared on the statue in Parliament Square.
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- Shortly after 4 a.m., a man was caught spraying graffiti on Winston Churchill’s statue in central London and was arrested.
- The graffiti labeled Churchill a 'Zionist war criminal' and included slogans such as 'Stop the Genocide' and 'Free Palestine'.
- Dutch group Free the Filton 24 claimed responsibility, sharing footage of the man in red coveralls painting the statue.
- Authorities cordoned off the statue for cleaning and classified the incident as racially aggravated criminal damage.
The current British Government should be dragged before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, and as a representative of The Hague, I’m here to hold them accountable.— Olax Outis, a Dutch member of the Free the Filton 24 action group, stated in an Instagram post about defacing the Winston Churchill statue.
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