Wiltshire police confirm two arrests for Stonehenge vandalism

Stonehenge (Photo by Todd DeFeo/The DeFeo Groupe)

Police in Wiltshire, England, confirmed they had arrested two people who spayed Stonehenge with orange paint this afternoon.

At around noon, police responded to a report that orange paint had been sprayed on some of the stones by two suspects.

“Officers attended the scene and arrested two people on suspicion of damaging the ancient monument,” police said in a statement.

The investigation remains ongoing, and police said they are working closely with English Heritage.

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