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Black Lives Matter protesters pull down statue of slave trader and roll it into river

Protesters in Bristol city centre standing on the bronze memorial of slave trader Edward Colston.[Courtesy Mirror]

Black Lives Matter protesters have pulled down a statue of a 17th-century slave trader and thrown it in the water in Bristol.

The bronze memorial of Edward Colston, which has been situated in Bristol city centre since 1895, was torn down after crowds left College Green.

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