Fireworks hurled at police as pro-Palestinian action turns ugly in central London. Activist arrested carrying sign that allegedly carried threat to House of Lords. READ MORE:Four police officers have been injured keeping the peace at a pro-Palestine rally in London on Saturday after protesters threw fireworks towards officers.
It marked a further sullying of largely peaceful action that has often been marred by tasteless signs and chants appearing to endorse the actions of Hamas after it slaughtered 1,400 Israelis, mostly civilians, in a terror attack on October 7. Police arrest a man who allegedly carried a sign that bore a threat to blow up the House of Lords on SaturdayA protester in Trafalgar Square held up a sign depicting a bulldozer ploughing through a chain-link fence, reminiscent of a photograph taken on October 7 when Hamas invaded Israel
The Met enacted a dispersal order at 6.43pm after fireworks were launched in Trafalgar Square, with some directed at officers standing on the steps in front of the National Gallery who were monitoring the protest, attended by some 30,000 people. 'It is disappointing that various splinter groups were again responsible for behaviour which has no place in London and we are determined to deal with this robustly. Fireworks were directed towards officers and four officers were injured.
Arrests were also made for inciting racial hatred, causing actual bodily harm, affray, violent disorder and possession of an offensive weapon. Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered at Charing Cross Station on Saturday - they later dispersed after the British Transport Police intervened Protesters bore effigies of dead babies and children at the Trafalgar Square rally - in reference to the 3,000-plus children said to have died in retaliatory strikes carried out by Israel
Activists then poured into Trafalgar Square in the afternoon for the mass action, which saw former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and comedian Alexei Sayle address the crowds from a stage set up in the square. The drawing appeared to be a reference to a photo of a bulldozer crashing through the Israel-Gaza border on October 7, when Hamas terrorists slaughtered Israeli civilians.
Security was tight around the Cenotaph on London's Whitehall on Saturday - amid fears that it could be vandalised during further pro-Palestine action on Armistice Day next week
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