Two climate activists were arrested Thursday after cutting a fence at an airport in London and spray painting private planes orange.
Essex Police said two women were arrested in a private area of the airport Stansted of London on suspicion of criminal damage and interference with the use or operation of national infrastructure.
The environmental group Just Stop Oil posted a video of someone cutting through a security fence followed by a video of a woman using a fire extinguisher to spray orange paint on at least two private planes.
Just Stop Oil stated that the airfield was where the airliner was parked. Taylor Swiftbut Essex Police said the pop star’s plane was not at the airport.
Just Stop Oil is one of many environmental groups in Europe that have received attention (and backlash) for disrupting sporting events, splashing paint and food on famous works of art, and disrupting traffic to draw attention to global warming.
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