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Climate change protesters cause mass disruption in London

Demonstrators stand on top of a DLR train as they block the traffic at Canary Wharf Station, during the Extinction Rebellion protest in London, Britain April 25, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)

Environmental activists participating in the last day of their protests in the British capital caused massive disruptions on Thursday by climbing onto a train at Canary Wharf station and blocking the entrance of the London Stock Exchange.

Flooding the streets in response to a call by the Extinction Rebellion group, the protesters have caused mass disruption in recent weeks across London, blocking Marble Arch, Oxford Circus and Waterloo Bridge, smashing a door at the Shell building and shocking lawmakers with a semi-nude protest in parliament.

At the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Canary Wharf, five protesters from the group climbed aboard a train and unfurled a banner which read: "Business as usual = Death". One glued herself to a train.

Police said 1088 arrests have been made since the main protests began last Monday, April 15.

(Source: Reuters)


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