Climate activists targeted Taylor Swift’s jet – but it wasn’t there

Environmental group Just Stop Oil posted video of someone cutting through a security fence followed by a clip of a woman using a fire extinguisher to spray orange paint on at least two private jets.

An airport spokesperson said the incident was five kilometres from the main terminal and police said there was no threat to the public.

The airfield, 50 kilometres north-east of central London, is the city’s third busiest airport and is often used by government officials and visiting world leaders including US President Joe Biden.

Just Stop Oil said the airfield was where Taylor Swift’s jet was parked, but Essex police said the pop star’s aircraft was not at the airport.

Swift is doing three shows at London’s Wembley Stadium from Friday through Sunday.

The arrests come a day after two of the group’s activists were detained for spraying orange paint on Stonehenge.

Just Stop Oil is one of many environmental groups around Europe that have received attention — and blowback — for disrupting sporting events, splashing paint and food on famous works of art and interrupting traffic to draw attention to global warming.