Greenpeace’s United Kingdom leader, along with five other activists, was reportedly arrested on Thursday for pouring hundreds of liters of “blood-red dye” into a pond at the U.S. embassy in London. This act was a protest against the ongoing war in Gaza.
The environmental group stated that the action aimed to “highlight the death and devastation inflicted on Gaza due to the U.S.’s persistent arms sales to Israel.”
According to Greenpeace, “Twelve activists tipped the non-toxic, biodegradable dye from containers marked ‘Stop Arming Israel’ into the large pond located in front of the embassy building in Nine Elms, southwest London. The containers were transported to the Embassy using bicycles with trailers disguised as delivery bikes.”
Greenpeace later confirmed that Will McCallum, the co-executive director of Greenpeace UK, was among those taken into custody.
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He faces charges of conspiracy to cause criminal damage, which could lead to a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. The others reportedly received similar charges.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson informed Fox News Digital, “At 07:30hrs on Thursday, 10 April, officers on duty at the US Embassy in Nine Elms noticed a group of Greenpeace protesters pouring red dye into the pond beside the building. The group fled, but officers responded swiftly and searched the area. Six individuals have been arrested nearby on suspicion of criminal damage and conspiracy to cause criminal damage.”
“The pond is accessible via a public footpath. There was no breach or attempted breach of the secure perimeter of the site,” the spokesperson added.
The U.S. State Department did not respond immediately to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Footage released by Greenpeace UK allegedly showed the activists dumping the dye into the pond at the American embassy on Thursday.
Areeba Hamid, co-executive director at Greenpeace UK, stated, “We’ve turned the embassy pond blood-red because U.S. weapons continue to fuel an indiscriminate war that has led to bombs being dropped on schools and hospitals, entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble, and tens of thousands of Palestinian lives lost.”
She added, “The ceasefire that Trump claimed credit for has collapsed, and full-scale war has resumed. If Trump genuinely wishes to stop the war, he should heed the majority of Americans and halt arms sales to Israel immediately; the UK government should do the same.”
