Climate protesters target the Vatican’s Laocoon statue

Climate protesters target the Vatican’s Laocoon statue
(Ultima Generazione Via AP)

Italian environmental activists have staged a second museum protest in as many months, gluing their hands to the base of one of the Vatican Museums’ most important ancient sculptures, the Laocoon.

The statue was not damaged, said the environmental group Last Generation.

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