article_snippet.sent: War memorials were also defaced.
article_snippet.sent: Several people have been arrested and local authorities have spent thousands of dollars cleaning up the statues.
article_snippet.sent: The opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, has come out in support of The opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters members who have claimed responsibility for these acts of vandalism.
article_snippet.sent: The monument has been vandalised in recent weeks.
article_snippet.sent: The same statue was covered in plastic bags after protests by students and staff at the university in March .