Two climate protesters with Just Stop Oil took 'safety hammers' to a famous painting in London while protesting new oil and gas leases in the United Kingdom.
Climate activists took hammers to a famous painting in London on Monday while calling for the U.K. to stop new oil and gas projects in the country. Just Stop Oil attacked Diego Velázquez's 17th-century painting 'Rokeby Venus' with 'safety hammers' on Monday as tourists viewed the artwork hanging in the National Gallery.
Women did not get the vote by voting; it is time for deeds not words. It is time to Just Stop Oil,' said Hanan, who was not identified by her full name by the organization. 'Politics is failing us. Politics failed women in 1914,' Donnelly, who was identified by his full name, said. 'Millions will die due to new oil and gas licenses. Millions!' Donnelly continued. 'If we love history, if we love art, and if we love our families, we must just stop oil.
Rokeby Venus' was slashed over a century ago by suffragettes in the push for women's voting rights. It is worth an estimated £72.5 million. A spokesperson for the National Gallery told Fox News Digital the pair who smashed the painting were arrested. They have been reportedly charged on suspicion of criminal damage. 'At just before 11am this morning two people entered Room 30 of the National Gallery,' a National Gallery spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
The U.K.’s Metropolitan Police said five people were arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass after 'demonstrators infiltrated the performance' on Wednesday night in London’s West End. Video taken of the incident begins with one protester standing at the front of the stage and unfurling an orange flag with a skull on it before shouting 'Just Stop Oil!' at the audience.
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