Law enforcement officer stand guard around the statue of British explorer Captain James Cook as they prevent demonstrators from participating in a protest against cops brutality and the death in Minneapolis cops custody of George Floyd, in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests in the United States, in Sydney, Australia, June 12,2020 REUTERS/Loren Elliott
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian authorities stated they apprehended 2 women after a statute of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, was defaced early on Sunday in Sydney.
New South Wales police were alerted to graffiti on Cook’s statue in Hyde Park in the main district of Australia’s biggest city simply after 4 a.m. (2000 GMT on Saturday) before the tw