Extinction Rebellion hits France as climate change protesters bathe in fake blood on steps of Paris landmark
- Extinction Rebellion hit the streets of Paris by pouring fake blood down the Trocadero palace esplanade
- Climate change demonstrators then rolled on the floor in the red dye with flowers scattered around them
- Activists held banners in front of the Eiffel Tower before cleaning the 65 gallons of red liquid off the steps
- Similar protests brought weeks of chaos to the streets of central London when activists shut major roads
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Climate change activists Extinction Rebellion hit the streets of Paris by pouring fake blood across steps of the Trocadero palace and then lying on the floor.
The protesters bathed in the fake red blood and threw flowers on the ground around them. Protesters later held up banners in front of the Eiffel Tower during the demonstrations in central Paris today.
Fake blood was spilled on the Palais du Trocadero esplanade, which sits near the banks of the River Seine, opposite the Eiffel Tower, during the protest to highlight the decline of biodiversity.
Dressed in black, the protesters, mostly young people, had around 65 gallons (300 litres) of red liquid, made from a mixture of food colouring and cornflour.
They dumped their cans in front of many onlookers at the popular tourist spot with police present in the area.
Holding large green banners saying ‘Extinction Rebellion’ and a black banner saying ‘Stop the 6th mass extinction’, they gathered for several minutes in silence.
Members of the action group Extinction Rebellion (XR) gather after spilling fake blood on the Trocadero esplanade during a demonstration today
A member of the action group Extinction Rebellion lying on the ground in fake blood surrounded by flowers
Extinction Rebellion held banners in front of the Eiffel Tower after pouring fake blood on the nearby Palais du Trocadero
A member of the action group Extinction Rebellion lying on the ground in fake blood surrounded by flowers during the protest outside the Trocadero
After half-an-hour the protest was over and the demonstrators began cleaning the dye off the steps.
Elsewhere in France some climate activists were arrested by police after putting up a banner reading ‘Chirac [Former French President] come back’ on scaffolding covering a building on Place de Bourse in Bordeaux.
Similar previous Extinction Rebellion protests brought two week’s of chaos to the streets of London with their direct action, which included shutting down major roads, chaining themselves to vehicles and buildings.
The Met had to deploy more than 10,000 officers last month as protesters caused carnage in Oxford Street, on Waterloo Bridge, in Parliament Square, outside the Bank of England and at Canary Wharf tube station.
After tipping the around 65 gallons (300 litres) of red liquid, made from a mixture of food colouring and cornflour, the demonstrators cleaned the dye off the stone steps
Climate change activists spilling fake blood on the steps of the Trocadero esplanade during a demonstration to alert on the state of decline of biodiversity
Climate protesters at the Trocadero palace holding a banner that says ‘Stop the 6th mass extinction’
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Fire fighters are at work on a fire truck ladder to remove a banner reading ‘[Jacques] Chirac come back’, put up by the climate activists on the Place de Bourse in Bordeaux in southwestern France today
Climate change activists being arrested by police officers after putting up a banner reading ‘Chirac (The name of former French President) come back’ on scaffolding covering a building on Place de Bourse in Bordeaux, southwestern France today