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Thrown off monument
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The police detained not the vandals, but a man shouting insults at the ones who were throwing off the monuments.
In Winnipeg, Canada’s Manitoba, indigenous peoples threw statues of British Queens Victoria and Elizabeth II from plinths. The incident occurred on Thursday, July 1, when Canada Day was celebrated in the country, writes CBC.
Monuments were erected in front of the Manitoba Legislature. Protesters gathered there.
They poured paint on the monuments and then threw them off the pedestals using ropes.
Police detained one man who was swearing at people who were dropping monuments.
The incident took place during the Canada Day march. The event was held under the slogan Every Child Matters and was held after being discovered in the country at the site of boarding schools mass graves of children.
Meanwhile in Britain, Princes Harry and William opened a monument to Princess Diana… The sculpture was created for four years.
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