Tourists visit the Stone Age monument Stonehenge. Listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, the Stonehenge stone circle is one of Britain’s most famous landmarks.
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Environmental protesters spray-painted Britain’s Stonehenge on Wednesday, with videos online showing some of the world-famous prehistoric monolithic structures covered in orange marks.
Two people were arrested on suspicion of damaging the monument, local police said in a statement.
In a video released by environmental group Stop the Oil, two protesters can be seen running towards two of Stonehenge’s boulders and spray-painting them, while another man tries to stop them.
This monument in southern England is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the UK’s most visited tourist attractions.
Stop Oil rose to prominence in the UK for destructive environmental protests, with its activists closing major roads, disrupting cultural and sporting events and even throwing soup on a Van Gogh painting.
The group wants the UK government to stop the extraction and burning of oil, gas and coal by 2030.
English Heritage, the charity that cares about Stonehenge, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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