Stonehenge sprayed orange in 'disgraceful' climate protest

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LONDON — United Kingdom police arrested two people on Wednesday after environmental activists sprayed an orange substance on Stonehenge, the renowned prehistoric United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization world heritage site in southwestern England.

The Just Stop Oil protest group said two activists had 'decorated Stonehenge in orange powder paint' to demand that the UK's next government legally commit to phasing out fossil fuels by 2030.Footage posted on social media showed activists, wearing 'Just Stop Oil' branded T-shirts, spraying a cluster of the megalithic standing stones with the orange substance from a small canister.

video image grab shows activists spraying an orange substance at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, southwestern England, on June 19, 2024. The group said Niamh Lynch, a 21-year-old student, and Rajan Naidu, 73, had used 'orange ' for the stunt.It claimed the substance would 'soon wash away with the rain.' English Heritage, the public body that manages the site, said its experts were probing 'the extent of the damage' to the circle of stones, some of which are believed to date back 5,000 years.Wiltshire Police said in a statement that it had arrested two people following the incident.

Sprayed Orange In 'Disgraceful' Climate Protest

 

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