A Sydney cenotaph has been vandalised after a bronze statue of a soldier holding a bayonet was bent backwards. Police say the vandals damaged the bayonet of the statue at Martin Place just before 3.10am on Saturday. The cenotaph was then discovered to be damaged during a memorial for the Royal Air Force Bomber Command later that morning. The location of the memorial holds immense significance as many Australians enlisted for the war at Martin Place. It is not the first time the cenotaph has been disrespected with a French tourist caught swinging on the bayonet in 2013.

Source: Daily Mail May 31, 2021 00:29 UTC