[1/2] Italy's ''Ultima Generazione'' (Last Generation) climate activists block a road to highlight the need to combat the climate crisis, in Rome, Italy, October 31, 2022.
REUTERS/Yara NardiROME, June 12 (Reuters) - Two Italian climate change activists who glued themselves to the base of one of the Vatican Museums' most famous statues must pay almost 30,000 euros ($32,232) in damages and costs, a Vatican criminal court ruled on Monday.
Guido Viero and Laura Zorzini of the Ultima Generazione (Last Generation) group pulled the stunt against the Laocoon statue in August.
The Tribunal of the Vatican City State, which has lay rather than religious judges, told Viero and Zorzini to jointly pay 28,148 euros in damages to Vatican authorities, and 1,000 euros in legal costs, a court ruling showed.
Ultima Generazione has performed several high profile protests in Italy, often targeting artworks or monuments.
Persons:
Yara, Guido Viero, Laura Zorzini, Troy, Viero, Zorzini, Generazione, Trevi, Alvise Armellini, Richard Chang
Organizations:
REUTERS, Vatican City State, Thomson
Locations:
Rome, Italy, ROME, Vatican