A man was arrested after a statue of the late British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in London was defaced with red graffiti, the Metropolitan Police said in a post on X.
Photos show the statue and its base defaced with messages such as “NO MORE IS NOW,” “ZIONIST WAR CRIMINAL” AND “GLOBALIZE THE INTIFADA!”
“Last night the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square was defaced with red paint,” police said after on Friday.
A woman takes photos of the statue of Sir Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, which was defaced with red paint and the words ‘Free Palestine’ overnight, in London, England, February 27, 2026. (REUTERS/Carlos Jasso)
“Officers arrived on the scene within two minutes of the alert, shortly after 4am. A 38-year-old man is in custody and has been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage,” police added.
A Dutch activist group claimed credit for the graffiti.
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The statue of Sir Winston Churchill, which was defaced overnight with red paint and the words ‘Never again is now’, in Parliament Square, London, England, February 27, 2026. (Reuters/Carlos Jasso)
“On the morning of February 27, the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square was defaced with red paint. This protest was organized and carried out by @freethefilton24nl,” said one after on Instagram claims.
The message features a pre-recorded statement in which a man says: “My name is Olax Outis. I am a citizen of the Netherlands.”
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The Churchill statue in Parliament Square is vandalized in the early morning hours with red paint and anti-Israel slogans including “Zionist war criminal”, “Stop the genocide”, “Never again is now”, “Globalize the Intifada” and what appears to be “Greetings from The Hague” in Dutch on February 27, 2026 in London. (Guy Smallman/Getty Images)
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Identifying himself as “part of a Dutch activist group called Free the Filton 24 NL,” he explains, “I came to Britain to deface the statue of one of history’s most famous war criminals, Winston Churchill.”
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