Cenotaph is targeted by eco zealots as fears grow protesters could spark chaos at Remembrance Sunday parade
JUST Stop Oil eco-loons used hammers to attack a priceless artwork yesterday — before others targeted The Cenotaph.Student duo Hanan Ameur and Harrison Donnelly attacked Diego Velazquez's Rokeby Venus masterpiece on behalf of Just Stop OilConservators at the National Gallery took down the painting to inspect it for damage after the two activists were arrestedIt was previously slashed with a butcher’s knife by Suffragette Mary Richardson in 1914.
One of the three, a mum of one, claimed she was taken there by police after being arrested on her way to join 60 other JSO activists in a lying down protest at the nearby Cabinet Office.“They are being prevented from doing their jobs.”Onlookers criticised the group for staging a protest so near The Cenotaph
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