Environmental activists say they deflated tires on SUVs in Kitchener for a 3rd time

A group of environmental activists say they have struck Waterloo Region for a third time, claiming to have deflated the tires on dozens of SUVs in the area overnight Monday into Tuesday.

In a press release, the group which calls itself the Tyre Extinguishers, says it has deflated the tires in a half dozen countries across Europe as well as in the Rockway neighbourhood in Kitchener.

Tyre Extinguishers, which also struck the area twice in July, says that tires were deflated on 45 SUVs in the area.

Waterloo Regional Police say that more they recieved more than 30 reports of tires being deflated in the Rockway area.

They say that the suspects left notes behind on the windshields of the affected vehciles, which said that the tires were flattened because of the size of the SUVs.

Police are asking residents in the area to check the footage from security or doorbell cameras for any suspicious activity.

In all, the Tyre Extuiguishers claim to have deflated 9,000 tires since its campaign started in the United Kingdom back in March, including 600 on Monday night.

It says it deflated at least 600 tires in the U.K., France, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Czech Republic and Canada to mark the fact that it is two months prior to the start of the COP27 climate summit.