Suspect arrested after Churchill statue in London defaced with pro-Palestinian graffiti

Associated Press ^ | February 27, 2026

[rightwingintelligentsia]

LONDON (AP) — London police said they caught a vandal red-handed — or at least with red paint — after he defaced a statue Friday of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in central London with pro-Palestinian graffiti.

The 38-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage for allegedly painting “Zionist war criminal” on the plinth beneath the 12-foot statute of Churchill leaning on a cane that faces Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, the Metropolitan Police said.

“Stop the Genocide” and “Free Palestine” were also painted in red on the bronze sculpture.

The Dutch group called “Free the Filton 24,” a reference to Palestine Action activists charged with breaking into Israel-based defense firm Elbit’s sites in the U.K., claimed responsibility for the vandalism.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: churchill; london; palestinian

[rightwingintelligentsia]

[Jeff Chandler]

Have they determined a motive?

[hal ogen]

Oh, those friendly, peaceful moozlums.

LOL!

[V_TWIN]

“The Dutch group”

Yeah, I’m sure they all had blond hair and blue eyes. 👌

[FlingWingFlyer]

You Brits don’t need any history anymore. The Muzzies are going to teach you THEIR history. ROTRL!

[xp38]

Interesting read...Churchill on Islam

https://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/churchill-on-islam/

[Bon of Babble]

Muslim?

“Charges Dismissed!!”

The judiciary and government are too afraid of being called Islamophobic or Racist.

Re: Muslim rapists:

“A newly released inquiry led by MP Rupert Lowe has revealed some gut-wrenching details regarding, ‘the most brutal suffering anyone could imagine’ being inflicted upon innocent young girls. It emphasizes the deep psychological, physical, and spiritual harm that has been permitted to occur by authorities too afraid to act on behalf of victims.”

[fuzzylogic]

It’s almost as though they believe they can just do this without consequence.

;p

[PGalt]

Sir Winston Churchill. GREAT man.

[Uncle Miltie]

Britain had better take down all their Churchill statues so as not to offend their political masters, the islamist supremacists, who own them.

[Sirius Lee]

Yeah, I’m sure they all had blond hair and blue eyes.

Mohammed Van Goght.

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[Kid Shelleen]

So the guy that actually defeated the NAZIs and stopped genocide is a war criminal?

[dfwgator]

So the guy that actually defeated the NAZIs and stopped genocide is a war criminal?

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The Indians think he is.

[jroehl]

Remember The Great Siege of Malta!

[pissant]

So that’s why Cucker was over in London

[VanShuyten]

“Never Again Is Now” seems like a slogan against anti-semitism using the anti-Holocaust phrase. This was done by a pro-Hamas vandal.

I’m confused.

[Texas Eagle]

Defiling young girls, meh. Defacing a statue, blasphemer!

[Bigg Red]

I recommend caning the perp.

[Bigg Red]

Yes