Police make 17 arrests at march that marks a year since the war in Gaza began
on Saturday morning amid a heavy police presence – one in Russell Square, one in nearby Bedford Square.
The Metropolitan police said the second march came across counter-protests at the junction of Kingsway and Aldwych and at the junction of the Strand and Trafalgar Square. In Bedford Square, some were holding Lebanese and Iranian flags and banners stating: “We do not stand with genocide” and “Zionism is racism”, with many chanting: “Free, free Palestine.”
Three people were arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, three were arrested on suspicion of assault and one person was arrested on suspicion of breaching a Public Order Act condition. “We have policed them without fear or favour, ensuring that lawful protest has been allowed to take place but intervening where the line has been crossed into criminality. We recognise that, as we go into this weekend – so close to the anniversary of 7 October – emotions will be heightened and fears about safety and security understandably increased.
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