Two Just Stop Oil activists broke into a VIP private airfield at Stansted Airport and spray-painted planes ‘hours after Taylor Swift’s own plane arrived’.
It follows the group’s desecration of Stonehenge yesterday, after two activists were arrested after orange paint was sprayed on the stones, sparking widespread condemnation around the world.
The action began shortly after 5 a.m. when two protesters, Jennifer Kowalski and Cole Macdonald, entered the private airport and attacked fighter jets with fire extinguishers filled with orange paint.
Taylor Swift will play the final leg of her global Era’s tour at Wembley Stadium on Friday night, but it is currently unknown whether the star’s plane was at the airport or was attacked.
Video from the scene shows the two activists brazenly cutting a fence at the edge of the airport and crawling under it to gain access.
Two Just Stop Oil activists broke into a VIP private airfield at Stansted Airport
The group says they spray-painted planes “hours after Taylor Swift’s own plane arrived.”
It is currently unknown if Taylor Swift’s plane was at the airport or was attacked
Video from the scene shows the two activists brutally cutting a fence on the edge of the airport
The pair then proceed to spray a series of jets before sitting proudly in front of their vandalism and embracing in a smug hug.
A spokesperson for the group shared their intrusion on social media and “justified” the action by stating that “80% of the population had never taken a flight.”
MailOnline understands the pair have now been arrested and have approached Essex Police for information.
Before the stunt, Jennifer Kowalski, 28, who describes herself as a full-time JSO activist on Linked In, claimed she had to “take desperate measures to make her voice heard.”
It’s the latest in a series of attention-seeking stunts the group has foisted on audiences this summer.
Yesterday the public was forced to intervene after two Just Stop Oil protesters sprayed Stonehenge with orange paint, leading to widespread condemnation.
The pair then proceed to spray a series of jets before sitting proudly in front of their vandalism and embracing in a smug hug.
It’s the latest in a series of attention-seeking stunts the group has foisted on audiences this summer
Video footage posted on social media showed two people, wearing white shirts with Just Stop Oil on the front, running towards the old monoliths with canisters and spraying paint all over them.
In a heroic bid to stop the group from desecrating the stones, a woman was seen desperately trying to drag the protesters away before other members of the public came to help her.
The protesters, named Niamh Lynch, 21, a student from Oxford, and Rajan Naidu, 73, from Birmingham, have now been arrested by police on suspicion of damaging the historic landmark.
As police officers led the pair away, a man could be heard shouting: ‘You filthy scum. This is a temple, not a publicity stunt!’
Several stones – dating back to the late Neolithic period – were covered in the incident, which happened around noon today, the day before the summer solstice is celebrated at Stonehenge, the heart of a World Heritage site.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has condemned the attack as a “disgraceful act of vandalism to one of Britain’s and the world’s oldest and most important monuments.”
Just Stop Oil protesters spray-painted Stonehenge with orange paint in their latest stunt
Video footage posted to social media showed two people wearing white shirts with Just Stop Oil on them running towards the monoliths while spraying paint
Members of the public were seen trying to stop the protesters by dragging them away
Several rocks were covered in the substance before the protesters stopped and sat cross-legged on the grass
The Prime Minister continued: ‘Just Stop Oil should be ashamed of their activists, and they and everyone associated with them, including a certain Labor Party donor, should immediately condemn this disgraceful act.’
Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer said ‘Just Stop Oil is pathetic’ after activists from the group attacked Stonehenge.
In a tweet he wrote: ‘The damage to Stonehenge is outrageous. Just Stop Oil is pathetic. Those responsible must face the full force of the law.”
Historian Tom Holland, who previously mentioned Stonehenge as one of the three Europe’s most valuable prehistoric sitesalso criticized the attack.
He wrote on X: ‘Extend your care for the planet by destroying endangered lichens. Sympathy turned into total disgust.’
Wiltshire Police said officers attended the scene and arrested two people.
A spokesperson continues: ‘Around noon we responded to a report that two suspects had sprayed orange paint on some stones.
‘Officers arrived on the scene and arrested two people on suspicion of damaging the old monument.
‘Our investigations are ongoing and we are working closely with English Heritage.’
This is a breaking news story.