Two people have been detained on suspicion of criminal damage after red dye was poured into London’s Trafalgar Square fountains.
The stunt was in protest against animal farming by Animal Rebellion campaigners claiming the government had “blood on [its] hands”.
Demonstrators, some of whom stood up to their knees in the red water, alleged that the Covid-19 pandemic was caused by animal exploitation.
The Met said: “Two people have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage following an incident at the fountains in Trafalgar Square earlier today. They remain in custody.”
A representative of Animal Rebellion, said: “The government must now begin a transition towards a plant-based food system, or risk future zoonotic pandemics of catastrophic proportions.”
Animal Rebellion said the action was coordinated with protests in 20 cities, including Bristol, Brighton and New York.
Kieran Blyth for the group said:
“These unsatisfactory and dangerous measures will only increase the risk of future pandemics.
The government are playing with the potential of tens of thousands more deaths.”
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