Greenpeace UK leader arrested for targeting American embassy with ' blood-red dye’: report

Greenpeace’s United Kingdom person and 5 different activists reportedly were arrested Thursday aft tossing hundreds of liters of "blood-red dye" into a pond astatine the U.S. embassy successful London successful a protestation against the warfare successful Gaza. 

The biology radical said the enactment was to "highlight the decease and devastation caused successful Gaza arsenic a nonstop effect of the US’ continued merchantability of weapons to Israel." 

"Twelve activists tipped the non-toxic, biodegradable dye from containers emblazoned with the words ‘Stop Arming Israel’ into the ample pond located successful beforehand of the embassy gathering successful Nine Elms, south-west London," Greenpeace said successful a statement. "The containers were delivered to the Embassy connected bicycles with trailers disguised arsenic transportation bikes." 

Greenpeace aboriginal said Will McCallum, the co-executive manager of Greenpeace UK, was 1 of six radical taken into custody.  

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A antheral runs adjacent to the U.S. Embassy pond filled with reddish dye by Greenpeace activists successful London connected Thursday, April 10. (Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett)

He was charged with suspicion of conspiracy to origin transgression damage, which carries a maximum condemnation of 10 years successful prison, according to the organization. The others reportedly received akin charges. 

"At 07:30hrs connected Thursday, 10 April, officers connected work astatine the US Embassy successful Nine Elms became alert of a radical of Greenpeace protesters putting reddish dye into the pond astatine the broadside of the building. The radical made off, but officers responded rapidly and carried retired a hunt of the area," a Metropolitan Police spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "Six radical person truthful acold been arrested adjacent connected suspicion of transgression harm and conspiracy to origin transgression damage.

"The pond is accessible via a nationalist footpath. There was nary breach oregon attempted breach of the unafraid perimeter of the site," the spokesperson added.

The U.S. State Department did not instantly respond Thursday to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital. 

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A idiosyncratic works to region the overgarment disconnected the broadside of the U.S. Embassy pond connected Thursday, April 10, successful London. (Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett)

Footage released by Greenpeace UK purportedly showed the activists dumping the dye into the pond astatine the American embassy Thursday. 

"We've turned the embassy pond blood-red due to the fact that U.S. weapons proceed to substance an indiscriminate warfare that's seen bombs dropped connected schools and hospitals, full neighborhoods blasted to rubble, and tens of thousands of Palestinian lives obliterated," Areeba Hamid, co-executive manager astatine Greenpeace UK, said successful a statement. 

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"The ceasefire Trump claimed recognition for has collapsed and full-scale warfare is back. If Trump has immoderate existent involvement successful stopping the war, helium should perceive to the bulk of Americans and halt arming Israel now," she added. "And the UK authorities should bash the same."