Seven Just Stop Oil activists were seen sitting on the floor inside the airport with their hands inside of lock-on devices. Gatwick airport said the protestors were being removed from the airport at around 9.15am.
Just Stop Oil protesters have been arrested at Gatwick airport after using suitcases with lock-on devices to try and block a departure gate. Seven activists entered the airport's southern terminal at around 8am, the protest group said, as an image showed the protesters sitting on the floor and blocking an entrance. Video posted by the group also shows travellers walking over the activists, whose hands were seen inside the lock-on devices.
' The group added the protest at Gatwick comes as part of the international campaign Oil Kills, and said 21 groups across 12 countries have demonstrated at 17 airports so far. A London Gatwick spokesperson said at around 9.15am that the airport 'is open and operating normally today,' adding: 'There are a small number of protestors at the airport who have now been arrested and are being removed from the airport.
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