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David Matthews

Just Stop Oil protesters arrested after interrupting Wimbledon matches

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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