Climate activists, including two Olympians, scaled an oil tanker, resulting in six arrests. Extinction Rebellion protesters surrounded a Shell tanker in London’s Bayswater Road.
Extinction Rebellion said gold medalist canoeist Etienne Stott and sailor Laura Baldwin glued themselves to the tanker.
Six people were arrested for obstructing traffic. It is not known if the two Olympians were among those arrested.
The Met said protesters “stopped at various locations along their unspecified route, causing disruption” in central London.
A group of eight activists later locked themselves on to a car in the road, while two glued themselves to the roof.
Officers cleared the road and several people were detained. The group said the “highly disruptive” action would end a run of 10 days of protests. In a statement on Twitter, the Met said: “We attended Bayswater Road at approximately 08:50 BST to deal with a number of protesters who had climbed on an oil tanker.
“We have made six arrests for vehicle interference. The road is now open.”
On Friday protesters blocked four of London’s busiest bridges and blocked entrances to major insurance marketplace Lloyd’s of London earlier this week.
