Attack leaves Wall Street's iconic bull with gash on its horn(1/3)

People gather around the popular lower Manhattan sculpture "Charging Bull" Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, in New York. (Photo/Agencies)

A man was arrested Saturday afternoon for damaging the iconic Wall Street Charging Bull statue in New York with an object resembling a banjo, local media reported. According to police, a 42-year-old man from the U.S. state of Texas attacked the bull and left dents and a hole in the bull's right horn. Some media reports said he used the musical instrument banjo. The man was quickly arrested and then charged with criminal mischief, criminal possession of a weapon and disorderly conduct.

People gather around the popular lower Manhattan sculpture "Charging Bull" Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, in New York. (Photo/Agencies)

People gather around the popular lower Manhattan sculpture "Charging Bull" Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, in New York. Damage to the sculpture, over the bull's horn at left, after a man attacked it with a banjo and was taken into custody. (Photo/Agencies)