Extinction Insurgency protest outside the Treasury building in London.
Simon Dawson/Reuters
LONDON – Climate change activist agglomeration Extinction Rebellion has used a fire engine to spray fake blood over the steps and entrance to the U.K. Treasury structure in Westminster, London.
The group live-streamed the event on Facebook, which showed police officers now guarding the entrance. The confederation also posted an image on Twitter which shows the fire engine covered in part with a banner that announce “Stop funding climate death.”
The group’s website said 1,800 liters of fake blood had been compassed. It added that the ‘blood’ is made from water colored with food dye that can be washed off the building.
It joined that the protest is being held to “highlight the inconsistency between the U.K. Government’s insistence that the U.K. is a world leader in tackling mood breakdown, while pouring vast sums of money into fossil exploration and carbon-intensive projects”
Speaking on U.K. radio on Thursday, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan voted he had sympathy over the right to protests and that the world did face a climate emergency.
Khan warned, however, that observe resources to contain public disorder was strained and that anyone who wanted to protest “must do it lawfully and peacefully.”
Extinction Revolution protest outside the Treasury building in London.
Simon Dawson | Reuters
On October 7, the Extinction Rebellion put together is calling on people to participate in a fresh set of protests across 60 cities around the world. It says in London the categorize plans to block 12 areas around Westminster.
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