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Climate activists vandalize Leo Messi's house in Ibiza

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On the Spanish island of Ibiza, climate activists threw paint on a villa belonging to world football star Lionel Messi. According to Spiegel , the action was intended to point out "the responsibility of the rich for the climate crisis," UNN reports .

Climate activists broke into Lionel Messi's house on the island of Ibiza. While one of the vandals continued to draw stripes, his friend showed the camera recording the event a banner with an inscription in English:

Help the planet - eat the rich - eliminate the police

- Banner. 

Then the activists poured red and black paint on the white facade of the building.

The Spanish group Futuro Vegetal explained that the campaign was intended to point out the "responsibility of the rich for the climate crisis" by calling the villa "illegal construction.

Messi has not yet publicly responded to the attack.

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Argentine world football player who currently plays for Inter Miami in the North American professional league MLS.

According to reports, Messi bought the property on the Mediterranean island in 2022 from a Swiss businessman for about $12 million. It includes a spa, sauna, and cinema.

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In its statement, Futuro Vegetal cites a 2023 Oxfam report that found that one percent of the world's richest population emitted as much CO₂ in 2019 as two-thirds of the world's poorest. The "worst consequences" of this crisis will be borne by the weakest segments of the population.

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