Two environmental activists from the group “Just Stop Oil” interrupted the World snooker games in Sheffield, England this Monday, with one of the individuals throwing an orange powder on one of the tables.
At the Crucible Theater in Sheffield, only one of the two activists managed to see the action through to the end, at the table where Robert Milkins and Joe Perry sat opposite each other, and the other element, woman, was intercepted when she tried to do the same, in the duel between Mark Allen and Fan Zhengyi.
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At around 7:20pm, two Just Stop Oil supporters disrupted the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield, interrupting play. The pair then covered the tables with orange powder paint before being removed by… pic.twitter.com/xWJXjW82jf
– Just Stop Oil (@JustStop_Oil) April 17, 2023
The activist, who wore a T-shirt that read “Just Stop Oil” [parem com o petróleo]would be taken out of the perimeter fence by two guards, after bursting with a small orange bag of cloth, interrupting the two challenges.
“She [ativistas] demand the government halt new fossil fuel projects and call on UK sporting establishments to join civil resistance against the government’s genocidal policies,” the group wrote on social media.
Activists raided Powder on the snooker table in the Crucible tonight. What a shame!
Video courtesy: EuroSports@kroestheater @WeAreWST @Livesnooker @TalkingSnooker #SnookerWorldChampionship #CrucibleTheater #Snooker #ActivistsInvadedPowder #MatchesStopped pic.twitter.com/PcZYIGST0g– Pakistan Snooker Federation (@Psfsnooker) April 17, 2023
Source: DN
