Just Stop Oil protesters arrested after halting play at World Snooker Championship

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Orange dye was doused over the table at the event at the Crucible in Sheffield and matches between Robert Milkins and Joe Perry and between Mark Allen and Fan Zhengyi were forced to stop

A decision over whether or not to resume the other match will be taken after that match his completed, the World Snooker Tour said.Former world champion Stephen Hendry, on commentary duties for the BBC, said:"I have never seen that before at a snooker event. It's a first.

"It is scary. Wow! You just hope the cloth can be recovered from that. It caught us all by surprise and then this happens.A Just Stop Oil protester jumps on the table and throws orange powder during the match between Robert Milkins against Joe Perry "For me, straight away as a snooker player I am thinking: 'Is the table recoverable?' We don't know what that is on the table."official Twitter page posted a video of the incident saying:"At around 7:20pm, two Just Stop Oil supporters have disrupted the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, interrupting play.

"The pair proceeded to cover the tables in orange powder paint before being removed by security and arrested. "They are demanding that the government immediately stop all new UK fossil fuel projects and are calling on UK sporting institutions to step into in civil resistance against the government's genocidal policies."

 

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