Angry commuters clashed with climate protesters at peak rush hour in London this morning. Video shows crowds shouting at protesters who'd climbed on top of trains, throwing objects and dragging them down to the platform:
Protesters from the global environmental movement Extinction Rebellion climbed onto carriages and glued themselves to trains, bringing parts of the city's transport network to a grinding halt. Demonstrators, who are intent on forcing government action on ecological breakdown, hung a black banner in the east London station of Canning Town that read:"Business as usual=Death."With trains stopped at the station, angry commuters soon took action into their own hands.
— Charlie October 17, 2019 Four people have been arrested so far due to the"obstruction incidents at Stratford and Canning Town," according to the British Transport Police .Read MoreThe BPT added that they were still at Shadwell Station, where"specialist teams are working to remove four other protesters.
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