Activists remove statue of Belgian colonial King Leopold II in Brussels


  • World
  • Friday, 12 Jun 2020

A statue of former Belgian King Baudouin is seen covered in red paint in Brussels Belgium June 12 2020. REUTERSFrancois Lenoir

A statue of former Belgian King Baudouin is seen covered in red paint in Brussels, Belgium June 12, 2020. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A statue of Belgium's King Leopold II was removed from its plinth by activists in Brussels during Thursday night, Belgian broadcaster RTBF reported.

A Reuters journalist found only an empty plinth in the Auderghem neighbourhood on Friday and no sign of the statue of the king, who ruled the Congo Free State for much of his reign from 1865 to 1909.

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