Protesters in Canada have desecrated a landmark statue of Queen Victoria, as outrage mounts over the murders of indigenous children in residential schools.
On Thursday, demonstrators rejoiced as a statue outside Manitoba's legislature in Winnipeg was collapsed.
In the same area, a miniature statue of UK Queen Elizabeth II was thrown over.
Police used a stun gun to arrest a guy on the scene, according to local media, but the protest was mainly peaceful.
The statues were toppled on Canada Day, an annual event held on July 1st to commemorate the country's creation by British colonies in 1867.
The recent discoveries of unmarked indigenous Canadian graves at residential schools had prompted calls for national celebrations to be called off.
More than 150,000 indigenous Canadian children were taken from their families and forced to attend the schools during the 19th and 20th Centuries with the aim of forcibly assimilating them into society.
Municipalities across Canada cancelled celebrations and statues of figures involved with residential schools have been vandalised or removed.
In Winnipeg, thousands took to the streets to honour victims of residential schools and rally support for indigenous communities.
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