Activists drill holes in tyres of more than 60 SUVs at Exeter car dealership
Tyre Extinguishers claim responsibility for attack to highlight ‘presence of grossly inappropriate private vehicles’ on roads
In an email circulated on Monday morning, the Tyre Extinguishers said the attack was in response to an incident in which a Land Rover crashed through a school fence into an end-of-year tea party at the Study Prep school in Wimbledon, south-west London, killing eight-year-olds Selena Lau and Nuria Sajjad, and injuring 16 others.
“This act of retaliation is intended as a peaceful and non-violent demonstration to draw attention to the presence of grossly inappropriate private vehicles in our towns and cities,” the Tyre Extinguishers said in a statement.
“Tyre Extinguishers firmly believes that their action is a necessary escalation to try and stop these vehicles from wrecking further lives and continuing to push the worsening climate crisis off the cliff edge.”
In light of the escalation of tactics, the statement added: “We are not responsible for individual actions, but simply publicise them.”
Answering the Guardian’s questions by email, an activist responsible for the action said studies had shown SUVs were eight times more likely to kill a child in a crash. “The deaths of the two young girls, in the safety of their school grounds, needed an escalation in action,” the activist, going by the pseudonym Climate Protector, said.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/07/activists-drill-holes-in-tyres-of-more-than-60-suvs-at-exeter-car-dealership
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