Greenpeace activists scale London's Shard

Protesters arrested after climbing Western Europe's tallest building with flag reading "Save the Arctic".

    Six Greenpeace activists have been arrested after scaling the tallest building in Western Europe and holding a flag that read"'Save the Arctic".

    The protesters began the ascent of the Shard in central London before sunrise and climbed for 15 hours.

    Al Jazeera's Kim Vinnell reports.

    SOURCE: Al Jazeera

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