Professional-Palestinian activists have damaged into RAF Brize Norton undetected and sprayed two army planes with crimson paint.
Footage posted on-line by Palestine Motion on Friday morning reveals two individuals contained in the Oxfordshire airbase, with one using on a scooter as much as the Airbus Voyager air-to-air refuelling tankers and showing to spray paint into its jet engine.
The group referenced RAF flights over Gaza out of its base in Cyprus, and stated the availability planes had been put “out of service” whereas the activists have been in a position to “evade safety and arrest”.
The Ministry of Defence strongly condemned the “vandalism of Royal Air Power belongings” and stated it was working carefully with the police, who have been investigating.
Palestine Motion has engaged in comparable exercise because the begin of the present struggle in Gaza, predominantly focusing on arms corporations. In Could, it claimed duty for the daubing of a US army airplane in Eire.
The group stated the activists who entered RAF Brize Norton used repurposed hearth extinguishers to spray crimson paint into the planes’ engines.
It additionally stated they induced “additional harm” utilizing crowbars – although this isn’t seen within the bodycam footage it offered.
Video reveals the activists then roaming freely across the airbase.
A Palestine Motion spokesperson stated: “Regardless of publicly condemning the Israeli authorities, Britain continues to ship army cargo, fly spy planes over Gaza and refuel US and Israeli fighter jets.”
RAF Brize Norton serves because the hub for UK strategic air transport and refuelling, together with flights to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.
An MoD spokeswoman stated: “Our armed forces characterize the easiest of Britain. They put their lives on the road for us, and their show of responsibility, dedication and selfless private sacrifice are an inspiration to us all.
“It’s our duty to help those that defend us.”
