Activists pour paint down Rome’s Spanish Steps in outrage over femicide in Italy

Activists dumping red paint on Rome’s Spanish Steps (Lapresse via AP)

Police have detained several activists who poured red paint down Rome’s famed Spanish Steps to raise awareness about femicide in Italy.

The protesters, from an organisation called Bruciamo Tutto, or Let’s Burn Everything, spilled paint down the 135-step monument, then dipped their hands in the paint, meant to represent blood, to leave hand prints on the monument as tourists looked on.