Black Lives Matter protesters who staged a demonstration grounding all flights at London City Airport have now been removed.
Police were called to the east London airport at 5:40am to reports of nine activists getting on to the runway.
Black Lives Matter posted a picture from the tarmac
The BLM group said it had been occupying the tarmac to “protest the UK’s environmental impact on black people”.
Seven people have been arrested, while the fate of the other two removed protesters has not been disclosed by police.
Police were scrambled to the scene early this morning
“Black people are the first to die, not the first to fly, in this racist climate crisis,” a statement released by the group to coincide with their action said.
“The action was taken in order to highlight the UK’s environmental impact on the lives of black people locally and globally.”
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