Environmental protesters sprayed an orange substance across part of Britain's Stonehenge on Wednesday afternoon.



British environmental activist¹ group Just Stop Oil posted video of the incident, showing two of its supporters spraying three of the stones within the prehistoric² megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in southern England's Wiltshire county. Both people were subsequently arrested, according to the group, which also posted video of police taking the two campaigners into custody³.

Wiltshire Police confirmed in a statement Wednesday that its officers responded to the scene at Stonehenge and "arrested two people on suspicion of damaging the ancient monument." An investigation⁴ into the incident is "ongoing," the police department said.