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David Matthews

UNCOVERED: Just stop oil protesters arrested after interrupting wimbledon matches | History Defined

Just Stop Oil environmental protesters were arrested Wednesday after interrupting two matches at Wimbledon.

During the second set of the first-round match between Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov and Japan’s Sho Shimabukuro, two activists wearing Just Stop Oil T-shirts ran onto the court and threw orange confetti and scattered a 1,000-piece puzzle.

The pair — identified as retired teacher Deborah Wilde and musician Simon Milner-Edwards — were quickly escorted away and arrested by London police.

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