LONDON: British police arrested greater than 400 folks at a pro-Palestinian protest in central London on Saturday (Oct 4), the place demonstrators defied government calls to cancel rallies following a lethal assault at a Manchester synagogue.
The demonstration, held in Trafalgar Sq., protested the federal government’s determination to ban Palestine Motion beneath anti-terrorism legal guidelines. Organisers refused police and authorities requests to name it off after Thursday’s synagogue assault that killed two folks.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged restraint earlier within the day, writing on X: “It is a second of mourning. It’s not a time to stoke stress and trigger additional ache.”
HUNDREDS DETAINED IN CENTRAL LONDON
Police mentioned 442 folks had been arrested for declaring assist for Palestine Motion, about half the quantity detained at the same protest final month. Officers additionally arrested six individuals who unfurled a banner on Westminster Bridge outdoors Parliament.
Crowds of greater than 1,000 chanted “disgrace on you” as protesters had been carried away by police. “We’ve a proper to protest — Palestine Motion shouldn’t be violent and will by no means have been banned,” mentioned activist Angie Zelter.
