London, Feb 27, 2026 (AFP) - UK police arrest man after Churchill statue sprayed with graffiti

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2026-02-27

A 38-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage, UK police said Friday, after he allegedly sprayed pro-Palestinian graffiti on the Winston Churchill statue in central London. The iconic monument to the wartime British prime minister in Parliament Square "was graffitied with red paint" overnight, the Metropolitan Police said on X. "Officers were on scene within two minutes of being alerted shortly after 4am......

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