Updated Apr 25, 2019 - Energy & Environment

Climate activists glue themselves to London Stock Exchange entrance

 Extinction Rebellion protesters who have glued themselves to the entrances of the London Stock Exchange.

Protesters at the London Stock Exchange. Photo: Isabel Infantes/PA Images via Getty Images

Activists wearing LED displays stating "climate emergency" glued themselves to the London Stock Exchange entrance to block access Thursday morning, on the final day of protests organized by Extinction Rebellion.

Details: London police have arrested more than 1000 protesters since the civil disobedience action began on April 15. Elsewhere in the city, demonstrators climbed on to a Docklands Light Railway train at Canary Wharf and sang songs as they displayed protest banners. Both groups of protesters were led away by police, AP reports.

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