direct to your inboxA 17-year-old boy is being questioned by police investigating racist graffiti scrawled on the George Floyd mural in Manchester's Northern Quarter, it's been revealed.The teenager was held by officers after a chase early on Friday morning, Greater Manchester Police said.Police were called at 5.25am to a report of criminal damage at Stevenson Square.The boy was subsequently arrested on suspicion of racially-aggravated criminal damage, GMP confirmed.He remained in custody for questioning on Friday afternoon.The portrait of US security guard Mr Floyd, who died in Minneapolis after being forcibly held down by police officers in May last year, was created by street artist Akse in the Northern Quarter's Stevenson Square in the.
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