Queen Victoria Statue Vandalized in Belfast

0:00From the Daily News Now Network, this is Corey with UK News Today, brought to you by NordVPN, Fast, Reliable Online Privacy. Links in the episode description. Police and Bell Fast are investigating criminal damage after a statue of Queen Victoria at the Royal Victoria Hospital was covered in red paint on Friday, afternoon. A Republican group called LeSaire Dyerg shared a photo on social media showing one of its supporters carrying out the act. They referred to the Queen as linked to the Irish Potato Famine in the mid-19th century when millions suffered. Local politicians quickly condemned the vandalism. A Democratic Unionist party member called it an utter disgrace and an attack on shared heritage. An Ulster Unionist spokesman noted that repair costs would divert money from health services. Workers from the Bell Fast Health and Social Care Trust got started on cleaning the paint that same evening using a power hose. Meanwhile, this comes after a similar incident in London, where a Sir Winston Churchill statue

1:01was graffitied overnight. Police there arrested a 38-year-old man on suspicion of racially aggravated damage, as inquiries continue on both sides of the Irish Sea. Meanwhile, this comes after a similar incident in London, where a Sir Winston Churchill statue was graffitied overnight. Police there arrested a 38-year-old man on suspicion of racially aggravated damage, as inquiryaries continue on both sides of the Irish Sea. Police there arrested a 38-year-old man on suspicion of racially aggravated damage, as inquiryaries continue on both sides of the Irish Sea. Police there arrested a 38-year-old man on suspicion of racially aggravated damage, as inquiryaries continue on both sides of the Irish Sea. the Irish Sea.