‘Offensive graffiti’ sprayed onto Winston Churchill statue in Parliament Square

The statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square has been defaced with graffiti (Picture: PA)

The statue of Sir Winston Churchill in Westminster has been defaced with graffiti branding the former prime minister a ‘Zionist war criminal’.

Other phrases including ‘Stop the Genocide’ and ‘Free Palestine’ were sprayed in red paint on the bronze sculpture in Parliament Square.

Further graffiti read ‘Never again is Now’ and ‘Globalise the Intifada’.

Police have arrested...