BEIJING, China (CNN) – Four Tibet activists unfurled Tibetan flags and pro-independence banners near National Stadium in Beijing early Wednesday, just two days ahead of the start of the Summer Olympic Games.

This photo from Students for a Free Tibet shows a protester on alamp post in Beijing on Wednesday.

Two men in the group scaled electric poles just before 6 a.m. (6 p.m. ET Tuesday) to display the banners, police said, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. Police rushed to the scene and took away “four foreigners” — three men and a woman.

Students for a Free Tibet, a Tibetan activist group, said in a statement that those involved in the demonstration were from the United States and Britain.

According to the group, one of the signs read, “One World, One Dream: Free Tibet” in English, while the second read, “Tibet Will Be Free” in English and “Free Tibet” in Chinese.

The group said the signs were on display for about an hour, but police said it was only about 12 minutes.

The demonstrators entered China on tourist visas, police said, according to Xinhua.
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