One of the world’s most iconic prehistoric sites is now covered in orange paint, the work of two members of a radical environmental group notorious for destroying valuable property and bringing traffic on a busy thoroughfare to a grinding halt.
At around midday on Wednesday, Rajan Naidu, 73, and Niamh Lynch, 21, of Just Stop Oil, appear to have broken into the Stonehenge grounds in Wiltshire, England, and begun spraying the stone structure with orange powder paint. Other people nearby noticed the two vandals and tried to stop them, but to little avail. Video of the incident can be watched below. here.
“Either we end the era of fossil fuels or the era of fossil fuels ends us.”
be X A post from Stonehenge’s curator said “a number of stones” had been covered in paint, and the site remains open to the public while an investigation into the “extremely tragic” incident is ongoing.
Wiltshire Police arrested Naidoo and Lynch on “suspicion of damaging an ancient monument”. agency The pair apparently timed the incident to occur on the eve of the summer solstice, when thousands of visitors from around the world flock to Stonehenge to mark the longest day of the year.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak He slammed the activist group for their “shameful actions.” “Just Stop Oil should be ashamed of their activists. They and anyone associated with them should immediately condemn this shameful behaviour,” he added.
Despite the Prime Minister’s strong words, Naidu and Lynch do not appear to be “ashamed” at all – Naidu argued that the paint is made from “cornstarch” and “will soon be washed away by rain” – but he maintained that drastic government intervention remains necessary “to mitigate the devastating impacts of the climate and ecological crisis”.
“Either we end the era of fossil fuels or the era of fossil fuels ends us.”
Alleged co-conspirator Lynch claimed she and others associated with Just Stop Oil were trying to protect the “legacy” of their generation. “It’s time to think about what legacy our civilization leaves behind,” she said.
“Generational inaction works for rocks but not for climate policy.”
Mike PittsThe archaeologist and author of “How Stonehenge Was Built” believes that if Just Stop Oil is trying to protect the environment, destroying Stonehenge would be the wrong approach. “There’s a lush garden of life growing on the boulders, an extraordinary garden of lichens,” he says. “So [the attack is] That’s potentially quite concerning.”
Stonehenge is the latest monument or relic to be destroyed by Just Stop Oil. group He also threw tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh’s painting “Sunflowers” and smashed the glass case holding the Magna Carta at the British Museum.
member In recent years, they have angered their fellow countrymen by blocking major British motorways and disrupting popular sporting events in what they claim are acts of “non-violent civil resistance”.
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