Just Stop Oil climate protester breaks silence over Stonehenge paint attack

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Just Stop Oil climate protester breaks silence over Stonehenge paint attack
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A 21-year-old protester who allegedly defaced the iconic Stonehenge site has broken their silence about why they chose to target the beloved prehistoric site. Just Stop Oil activists Niamh Lynch, a student from Oxford, and Rajan Naidu, 73, a social justice campaigner, allegedly sprayed powdered orange paint on the standing stones about midday on Wednesday .

“It’s time for us to think about what our civilisation will leave behind – what is our legacy? “Standing inert for generations works well for stones – not climate policy.” English Heritage, the charity that manages Stonehenge, condemned the attack on X: “This is extremely upsetting, and our curators are investigating the extent of the damage.

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