Commuters turn on Extinction Rebellion as protesters target the Tube

The backlash to the Extinction Rebellion (XR) demonstrations turned nasty on Thursday morning when a protester was dragged from the roof of a Tube train by angry commuters. 

Activists targeted Canning Town station as Londoners set about getting to work. 

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