Just Stop Oil protesters attempt to smash glass around Magna Carta at the British Library

Two Just Stop Oil protesters in their eighties have attempted to smash the glass around the Magna Carta in the British Library.

The pensioners hit the glass with a mallet and chisel and then glued their hands together.

There are four surviving copies of the Magna Carta, two of which are held at the British Library.

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