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Edward Colston statue WILL be fished from harbour and put in museum after being toppled

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A statue toppled and thrown into Bristol harbour by Black Lives Matter protesters will be fished out and placed in a museum.

Bristol City Council confirmed the move this afternoon, days after the bronze statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston, was toppled.

Using ropes the demonstrators pulled Colston down and rolled him into the water, to great cheers from onlookers, Bristol Post reported.

The move triggered a debate about Britain's imperial past. Bristol mayor Marvin Rees said Colston's statue would be retrieved and displayed alongside Black Lives Matter placards from the recent protest so the 300 year story of slavery and the fight for racial equality could be better understood.

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