Just Stop Oil spray Stonehenge with orange paint as heroic passer-by steps in to try to drag them away
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Just Stop Oil protesters sprayed Stonehenge with orange paint as members of the public were seen trying to drag them away.
Video footage posted on social media showed two people, wearing white shirts with Just Stop Oil on the front, running towards the old monoliths with canisters and spraying paint all over them.
In a heroic bid to stop the group from desecrating the stones, a woman was seen desperately trying to drag the protesters away before other members of the public came to help her.
Several rocks were covered in the substance before the protesters finally stopped, with photos later showing the couple sitting cross-legged in front of the historic monument.
Just Stop Oil said protesters Niamh Lynch, 21, a student from Oxford, and Rajan Naidu, 73, from Birmingham, sprayed Stonehenge with ‘powder paint’ at around 11am.
Just Stop Oil protesters spray-painted Stonehenge with orange paint in their latest stunt
Video footage posted to social media showed two people wearing white shirts with Just Stop Oil on them running towards the monoliths while spraying paint
Members of the public were seen trying to stop the protesters by dragging them away
Several rocks were covered in the substance before the protesters stopped and sat cross-legged on the grass
A spokesman for Just Stop Oil said: ‘The UK government-in-waiting has committed to implementing Just Stop Oil’s original demand of ‘no new oil and gas’. However, we all know that this is not enough. Continuing to burn coal, oil and gas will result in the deaths of millions of people.
“We must come together to defend humanity or we risk everything. That’s why Just Stop Oil is demanding that our next government sign a legally binding treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030.
“If we fail to defend our communities, Just Stop Oil supporters, along with citizens from Austria, Canada, Norway, the Netherlands and Switzerland, will join the resistance this summer if their own governments do not take meaningful action.
‘There are stone circles in every part of Europe that show how we have always worked together across vast distances – we are building on that legacy.’