One of the Greenpeace UK chiefs was arrested after the water was reached red outside the United States Embassy in London by activists, the environmental group said.
Will McCallum, a co-executive director of Greenpeace UK, was one of six orders, said Greenpeace, after protesting against American arms sales in the United States.
Metropolitan police said six people had been arrested for suspicion of criminal damage and conspiracy to cause criminal damage.
A spokesperson for the embassy said that the blow “had damaged a water supply of 1.5 million gallons on the property, wasting a local environmental resource”.
“While the United States Embassy supports the right to peaceful demonstrations, we strongly condemn any act of violence or material damage,” they said.
Greenpeace UK said that the color used was non -toxic, biodegradable, a food quality pond dye which “presents no risk for people, fauna or the environment”.
The police said that around 7:30 am BST on Thursday, police officers of the embassy “had become aware of a group of demonstrators putting the red dye in the pond next to the building”.
The pond is accessible via a public path and there was “no violation or attempted violation of the secure perimeter of the site,” said a spokesperson.
After a search in the area, six people were arrested, the strength said.
Greenpeace UK said 12 activists have tipped 300 liters of “blood red” dyeing in the water, which partially surrounds the United States Embassy and has a pond and a characteristic of water, to highlight the “death and devastation caused to Gaza as a direct result” from American weapons to Israel.
In a statement, he said that Mr. McCallum had been arrested for suspicion of conspiracy to cause criminal damage, five other activists also arrested.
The group condemned arrests as “additional evidence that the right of protest is attacked in the United Kingdom”.
The Israeli army was based on planes and weapons imported since it launched a campaign to destroy Hamas in response to an unprecedented cross -border attack on October 7, 2023, in which around 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken hostage.
Since then, more than 50,840 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health managed by Hamas.
The United States The largest supplier of arms in Israel, which has renewed its air bombardment in Gaza-where Hamas continues to hold hostages-since a temporary cease-fire has collapsed in March.
Israel and Hamas have blamed themselves for the breakdown of the fragile truck that has been in place since January.
