The Winston Churchill statue in London was unveiled in 1973 (Image: Getty)
The Churchill statue in Parliament Square, London, has been vandalised overnight. Pictures show the bronze statue of the former British Prime Minister, unveiled just metres away from the Houses of Parliament in 1973, being defaced with red paint and graffiti in the early hours of Friday, February 27.
Pictures emerging on Friday morning show pro-Palestine slogans painted on the plinth of the statue as well as on the bronze depiction of Winston Churchill. Some of the graffiti read “Zionist war criminal”, “Stop the Genocide”, “Never again is Now”, “Globalise the Intifada”, and what appears to be “Greetings from the Hague” in Dutch.
The Churchill statue in Parliament square was vandalised overnight (Image: Getty Images)
As the pictures of the defaced statue started to circulate online, social media users were quick to react in anger. One X user wrote: “What a disgrace to the memory of the greatest Briton!”
According to an eye witness, the area has been cordoned off and is being cleaned at the moment.
The Express has reached out to Met police for a comment.
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