VIDEO | Eco-activists 'smear' the Stonehenge monoliths with colored paint

Two activists sprayed an orange substance on the monumental rocks as tourists tried to stop them

ROME - A sensational protest against fossil fuels.Today Eco-activists have 'hit' the Neolithic site of Stonehenge, a UNESCO heritage site in the south of England.Two activists sprayed one orange substance on the monumental rocks while the tourists tried to stop them.Two arrests after protest action by environmentalist associationJust stop oil' which calls on the British government to sign a legally binding treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030.Niamh Lynch, 21 years old, student at Oxford University, and Rajan Naidu, 73 years old, from Birmingham are the arrested activists.

The paint used is actually cornmeal orange and it will go away with the rain.“Help us take megalithic action,” says the association.The ecoactivists chose the previous day for the protest the beginning of the holidays for the Summer Solstice, the annual event during which it is possible to witness a spectacular sunrise between the monoliths.Gesture immediately condemned by the prime minister Rishi Sunak who defined the action as a “shameful act of vandalism towards one of the oldest and most important monuments in the UK and the world”.