Tyre Extinguishers: Anger after SUV tyres deflated by activists

The Metropolitan Police said it was looking into the reports.

The activist group has been known to target cars in London and across the country for a number of years.

Residents reported that cars were targeted on a number of streets in Islington this week, but the exact number of cars affected is not known.

Jo, who did not want to give her real name, told the BBC she had been left “devastated” by the group’s action.

In an email to Tyre Extinguishers, seen by the BBC, she said: “You deflated my tyres without knowing who I am and my status in life.

“My mother is in palliative care and I came to the car to go to her, but because of your vicious act, I am stuck trying to reinflate my tyres!”

Jo said the incident had caused “emotional and psychological harm”.

She told the BBC the car had been chosen specifically as it had helped her to transport her mother in recent months.