A statue of Belgium’s notorious colonialist King Leopold II has been removed from its location in Antwerp to be relocated to a museum, days after it was defaced with graffiti amid worldwide Black Lives Matter protests.
A spokesman for Antwerp mayor Bart De Wever said the Leopold statue will now “become part of the museum collection” and “because of the renovation work planned for 2023 in the square in which it was placed, the statue will not be replaced.”
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