Oil protesters arrested after throwing tomato soup at Van Gogh painting

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Oil protesters arrested after throwing tomato soup at Van Gogh painting
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Two activists from campaign group Just Stop Oil have been arrested after throwing tomato soup on Vincent Van Gogh’s famous “Sunflowers” painting.

Two Just Stop Oil activists have been arrested after throwing tomato soup on Vincent Van Gogh’s famous “Sunflowers” painting.Just Stop Oil have been protesting the U.K. governments oil and gas plans for the last two weeks.

According to the London Metropolitan Police, specialists removed the two women from the wall and they have been taken into custody after being arrested for "criminal damage and aggravated trespass." The group also said that it is demanding that the U.K. government put an end to all new oil and gas projects in the country.

The issuance of such licenses had previously been put on hold in 2020 as the government said it was establishing a "climate compatibility check." After being elected prime minister in September, Conservative leader Liz Truss and her business and energy minister Jacob Rees-Mogg announced that the process would resume.

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