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		</div><p>Commuters fought back against Extinction Rebellion environment protesters on Thursday morning, as an activist was dragged to the floor after climbing on top of a busy commuter train in east London.</p>
<p>Video shared on social media appeared to show a number of protesters on top of a Tube train at Canning Town station.</p>
<p>Holding a sign which read ‘Business as usual = death’, the protesters were met with shouting from angry waiting commuters.</p>
<p>In another clip, a man was then seen dragging one of the activists to the floor by his foot.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Extinction Rebellion Canning station this morning. People are losing patience. <a href="https://twitter.com/TheSun?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheSun</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyMailUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DailyMailUK</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ExtinctionRebellion?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ExtinctionRebellion</a> <a href="https://t.co/xbrNxaAQsJ">pic.twitter.com/xbrNxaAQsJ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; CryptoChris (@ChrisChrysanth2) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisChrysanth2/status/1184721105036156928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>A member of TfL staff appeared to stop people from attacking the male Extinction Rebellion member further, by intervening and holding them back.</p>
<p>A number of people have been arrested after there were also protest incidents at Shadwell and Stratford station, the British Transport Police (BTP) said.</p>
<p>There are delays on the Jubilee line and Docklands Light Railway following the incident.</p>
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