UK: Climate activists 'vandalise' King Charles' wax statue, four arrested
London (UK), October 25: Four people have been arrested after two climate activists smeared chocolate cake over a wax statue of Britain's King Charles III at London's Madame Tussauds Museum.
In a video shared on the Twitter page of the campaign group Just Stop Oil, a man and a woman could be seen smearing cake over the waxwork of the British monarch.
The protestors were shown in the video removing their black clothing to reveal white T-shirts with the words "Just Stop Oil" before slamming the cake on the wax model of the British monarch. They were also heard yelling, "Time for action!"
On Monday, CNN cited a tweet from the London Metropolitan Police, saying, "We responded quickly to an incident at Madame Tussauds after two people threw food at a statue at approximately 10:50hrs."
"Four people have been arrested for criminal damage related to this incident," the Police added.
According to a statement issued by Just Stop Oil, the two are "demanding that the government halt all new oil and gas licences and consents."
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This is not the first time that activists in Europe have attempted to call attention to the role of fossil fuels in climate change.
As per CNN, two climate change protesters pelted Claude Monet's "Haystacks" painting with mashed potatoes last week at the Barberini Museum in Potsdam, Germany.
Just Stop Oil activists hurled tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" in London's National Gallery earlier this month.
According to CNN, Keir Starmer, the leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, blasted the "arrogant" Just Stop Oil activists' actions, claiming their methods undermined their cause.
"I think they're wrong, I think their action is wrong," he said, adding, "I particularly think about the images we've seen of ambulances coming down the road, and not being able to get through because people have glued themselves to the road."
"I think it's arrogant of those glueing themselves to the road to think they're the only people that have got the answer to this. They haven't got the answer," he said.
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-PTC News with ANI inputs
