A sculpture of an Algerian military hero was vandalised on Saturday in central France, hours before it was inaugurated.
The artwork, which was commissioned to mark 60 years of Algerian independence from France, depicts Emir Abdelkader, once dubbed “France’s worst enemy”.
Abdelkader led the struggle against the French invasion of Algeria in 1830.
He was imprisoned for four years in the French town of Amboise, where the new sculpture now stands.
