Watch: 'Just Stop Oil' Protester Disrupts World Snooker Championship, Throws Orange Powder On Table
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Another woman was prevented from executing a similar stunt on the other table by the referee Olivier Marteel.
The World Snooker Championship in UK's Sheffield was disrupted by protesters after a 'Just Stop Oil' activist poured a packet of orange powder paint over a table on Monday evening, BBC reported. A video of the incident that has surfaced on social media shows a man wearing a 'Just Stop Oil' t-shirt leaping onto the table during the game between Robert Milkins and Joe Perry at the Crucible Theater. He then covered the table in orange powder, as the audience gasped in shock. 🎱 NEW OIL AND GAS WILL SNOOKER US🦺 At around 7:20pm, two Just Stop Oil supporters have disrupted the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, interrupting play. The pair proceeded to cover the tables in orange powder paint before being removed by… pic.twitter.com/xWJXjW82jf
Meanwhile, another woman protester was prevented from executing a similar stunt on the other table by the referee Olivier Marteel.
The protest group's official Twitter page posted a video of the incident saying, ''At around 7:20 pm, two Just Stop Oil supporters have disrupted the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, interrupting play. The pair proceeded to cover the tables in orange powder paint before being removed by security and arrested.''
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