Man arrested after Churchill statue outside UK parliament sprayed with graffiti

Met arrests man on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage after slogans including Zionist war criminal' sprayed

A 38-year-old man has been arrested after the statue of Winston Churchill outside the Houses of Parliament was defaced with graffiti calling the former prime minister a Zionist war criminal".

The Metropolitan police said the man was arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage on Friday morning.