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A gathering utilized by MI5 was sprayed with paint
Environmental activists person sprayed orangish overgarment connected buildings successful cardinal London, calling for the authorities to halt caller lipid and state licences.
Just Stop Oil targeted buildings utilized by the Home Office, MI5, the Bank of England and News Corp.
The radical said the buildings were chosen arsenic they represented "the 4 pillars that enactment and support the powerfulness of the fossil substance economy".
The Metropolitan Police said six radical person been arrested.
"Officers responded rapidly to each incidents and a fig of radical person present been arrested connected suspicion of transgression damage," the unit said.
A Just Stop Oil spokesperson said: "The epoch of fossil fuels should beryllium agelong gone, but the creeping tentacles of fossil substance interests proceed to corrupt our politics, authorities and the media, arsenic they person for decades.
"How other bash you explicate a authorities ignoring sensible no-brainer policies similar renewables, insulation and nationalist transport, which would chopped our vigor bills and our c emissions, successful favour of corrupt schemes to drill for uneconomic lipid and state astatine taxpayers expense?"
The radical has taken portion successful galore demonstrations successful caller months, including blocking roads, tying themselves to goalposts during shot matches and throwing crockery astatine art.
On Sunday, the constabulary urged radical not to straight intervene with the protests, aft aggravated drivers removed demonstrators who were blocking roads successful cardinal London.
Image source, Just Stop Oil
Image caption,Orange overgarment sprayed connected the News Corp headquarters
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Image caption,Police attended aft demonstrators sprayed the Bank of England with slogans
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