Climate activists painted the lobby and information panels red check-in at Humberto Delgado airport, in Lisbon, this Monday, where they also displayed a banner against the construction of a new airport.
In a statement sent to newsrooms in the early afternoon, the Climáximo movement said that a group painted the airport atrium and the readers near the entrance to the boarding gate area, “while a banner was thrown from the galleries where one could read ‘New Airport: Climate Collapse'”.
According to the movement, at least three people were “taken by the police”.
The PSP confirmed, however, the arrest of suspects, without specifying how many, for committing various crimes, with procedural steps resulting from the arrest still ongoing. According to the PSP Lisbon Metropolitan Command, the incident involved eight