One of Greenpeace UK bosses has been arrested after activists dyed water outside the United States embassy in London, the environmental group said.
Will McCallum, Executive Director of Greenpeace UK, was among the six arrested, Greenpeace said, after they protested against US weapons sales. Uu. Israel.
The Metropolitan Police said that six people had arrested under suspicion of criminal damage and conspiracy to cause criminal damage.
A embassy spokesman said the trick “damaged a water supply of 1.5 million gallons on the property, wasting a local environmental resource.”
“While the United States embassy supports the right to peaceful protest, we firmly condemn any act of violence or property damage,” they said.
Greenpeace UK said that the dye used was non -toxic, biodegradable and food degree that “represents any risk for people, wildlife or the environment.”
Police said around 07:30 BST in Thorsday officers at the embassy “he realized that a group of protesters that put red dye on the pond on the side of the building.”
The pond can be accessed through a public path and “there was no violation or violation of the safe perimeter of the site,” said a spokesman.
After a search in the area, six people had arrested, the force said.
Greenpeace UK said that 12 activists tilted 300 liters of “blood” red in the water, which partially surrounds the United States embassy and presents a pond and water function, to highlight the direct result of “death and devastation is the direct result” or the United States A.
In a statement, he said that McCallum had been arrested under suspicion of conspiracy to cause criminal damage, with five other activists also arrested.
The group condemned the sentence as “more proof that the right to protest is under attack in the United Kingdom.”
The Israeli army has trusted imported airplanes and weapons since it launched a campaign to destroy Hamas in response to an unprecedented cross -border attack 2023, in which some 1,200 people were killed and 251.
More than 50,840 people have died in Gaza since then, according to the Ministry of Health led by Hamas.
The United States, the largest arms supplier to Israel, which has renewed its Gaza air bombardment, where Hamas continues to have hostages, since a high temporary fire collapsed in March.
Both Israel and Hamas blamed each other for the collapse of the fragile truce that had been in place since January.
