A protester disrupted the World Snooker Championship on Monday by climbing onto the table and throwing a bag of orange powder paint over the playing surface
Video footage shows the man – who was wearing a ‘Just Stop Oil’ t-shirt – running from the crowd and leaping onto the table during the game between Robert Milkins and Joe Perry. While kneeling on the table, he then managed to empty a pack of orange powder paint on the green surface before being bundled away by security.
In a press release, the organization said the pair had been taken away by security and arrested. CNN has reached out to South Yorkshire Police to confirm. “I have never seen that before at a snooker event. It’s a first,” former world champion and current pundit Stephen Hendry told the BBC during its coverage of the tournament. “It’s scary, actually.” The World Snooker Tour, who organizes the tournament, tweeted on Monday: “This is the Crucible. The show will go on.
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