A schoolboy was quizzed by detectives after a Ukrainian peace garden was destroyed.
Videos shared on social media show the garden being set alight by vandals on Bonfire Night in the Baltic Triangle. The garden was opened on Jamaica Street ahead of Liverpool hosting the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine.
Merseyside Police has now confirmed a 15-year-old boy has been identified. He was interviewed in relation to criminal damage at the peace garden and has since been released pending further enquiries.
Police are still searching for other members of the group responsible for the incident.
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The garden's sign, benches and peace poles created by pupils at St Vincent's specialist school have all been burnt. In one video people can be seen throwing the garden's specially made sign onto a large fire.
Community Inspector Jack Woodward said: “We are continuing to take the next steps to identify the suspects who caused the criminal damage.
“We were working with the local authority and councillors to see what we can do in assisting in building the community garden.”
Anyone with information about this incident can DM Merseyside Police @MerPolCC on Twitter or ‘Merseyside Police Contact Centre’ on Facebook, quoting log 793 of 5th November or call 101.
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