Man in his 20s arrested on suspicion of theft and prison injury after removing of set up in south London.
UK police have arrested a person suspected of stealing a Banksy paintings hours after its set up on a London avenue nook.
The person in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of theft and prison injury on Saturday, London’s Metropolitan Police stated, following the removing of the set up consisting of a cease signal adorned with army drones.
“This incident is at the moment being investigated by officers,” a police spokesperson stated.
“Anybody who could have details about the incident or the whereabouts of the signal is requested to name police.”
The suspect’s arrest got here after a video emerged displaying a person with bolt cutters climbing on a bicycle with the assistance of one other man to take away the paintings.
Within the video, an individual’s voice may be heard saying, “it makes me so aggravated”, as the person runs away from the scene with the signal underneath his arm.
Jasmine Ali, deputy chief of Southwark Council within the Peckham space of south London, referred to as for the return of the paintings.
“It mustn’t have been eliminated and we’d prefer it again so everybody in the neighborhood can get pleasure from Banksy’s good work,” Ali stated.
Banksy, whose actual identify and identification are unconfirmed, has typically solid a vital eye on battle in his artworks and a few followers on-line speculated that the set up took intention on the battle in Gaza.
