THIS is the moment idiots at Just Stop Oil attacked Stonehenge with orange paint in their latest shocking stunt.
The idiots sprayed at least three of the ancient stone monoliths with what is believed to be orange powder paint at 11am this morning.
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The footage shows a horrified spectator desperately trying to drag the idiots away from the monument.
The vandals were identified as Niamh Lynch, 21, from Oxford, and Rajan Naidu, 73, from Birmingham.
Lynch and Naidu can be seen sitting cross-legged in front of the desecrated monument.
Two people have been arrested for the attack, Wiltshire Police confirmed.
The attack comes just one day before the Summer Solstice, when hundreds of people gather for celebrations at Stonehenge.
On the summer solstice, the sun rises behind Heel Rock in the northeast – and its first rays shine on the heart of Stonehenge.
PM Rishi Sunak said: “This is a shameful act of vandalism against one of the oldest and most important monuments in the UK and the world.
The Prime Minister added: “Just Stop Oil should be ashamed of its activists.
“They and anyone associated with them, including a certain Labor Party donor, should immediately issue a condemnation of this shameful act.”
Earlier this month, the idiots at Just Stop Oil tried to disrupt the Duke of Westminster’s wedding by releasing orange smoke.
The Prince of Wales, who was the groom’s usher, would be just a few meters away from the scene.
Witness Rhona Dalziel, 57, said: “One of them was reading a book by Richard Osman. It’s bizarre.”
What is Stonehenge?
What you need to know about Britain’s most mysterious monument…
- Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire
- It is a ring of monolithic stones that measures up to 9 meters high and 2.10 meters wide
- Each stone weighs around 25 tons
- Experts claim that the monument was built between 3,000 and 2,000 BC
- In 1882, it was legally protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument
- And in 1986, the site and surrounding area became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Stonehenge itself is owned by the Crown and managed by English Heritage
- But the land around Stonehenge is owned by the National Trust
- Part of what makes Stonehenge so mysterious is that it was produced by a culture without written records.
- Scientists regularly debate how and why Stonehenge was built and what it was used for.
- One theory suggests that Stonehenge was a sacred burial ground
- Another proposes that it was used for celestial and astronomical alignments
- And some think it was an ancient place of healing
- It used to be believed that it was created as a Druid temple
- But we now know that Stonehenge predates the Druids by about 2,000 years.
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