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The environmental group Just Stop Oil posted a video of someone cutting through a security fence, followed by a clip of a woman using a fire extinguisher to spray orange paint on at least two private jets.
An airport spokesman said the incident was five kilometers from the main terminal and police said there was no threat to the public.
The airport, located 50 kilometers northeast of central London, is the city’s third-busiest airport and is frequently used by government officials and visiting world leaders, including US President Joe Biden.
Just Stop Oil said the airport was where Taylor Swift’s plane was parked, but Essex Police said the pop star’s plane was not at the airport.
Swift performs three concerts at London’s Wembley Stadium from Friday to Sunday.
The arrests come a day after two of the group’s activists were detained for spraying orange paint on Stonehenge.
Just Stop Oil is one of many environmental groups in Europe that have received attention — and pushback — for disrupting sporting events, spraying paint and food on famous works of art and disrupting traffic to draw attention to global warming.
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