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A hammer-wielding Briton has attacked a statue at the BBC's Broadcasting House in London, bashing it for several hours. According to the Metropolitian Police, officers were called to Portland Street at around 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, after a man used a ladder to reach the 10-foot-tall sculpture, depicting Prospero and Ariel from Shakespeare's "The Tempest", and started destroying the figures.
A protester took a hammer to a statue created by an famous pedophile adorning the facade of the BBC headquarters
Gill was among the most prominent sculptors of the 20th century but is said to have sexually abused two of his daughters.
British police on Wednesday cordoned off an area outside the BBC's Broadcasting House in central London after a man was spotted scaling the building and using a hammer to attack a statue by controversial sculptor Eric Gill. Officers and ambulance workers rush to the scene after receiving reports that a man had used a ladder to reach the 10-foot tall sculpture above the
A protester took a hammer to a statue created by an famous pedophile adorning the facade of the BBC headquarters