Professional-Palestine protestors arrested for London Inventory Trade scheme

London police on Sunday arrested six pro-Palestine activists for alleged plans to lock themselves to the doorways of the London Stock Exchange to try to disrupt buying and selling amid the continuing Israel-Hamas war.

The arrests got here after a Friday tip from U.Okay. newspaper The Day by day Specific, which had despatched a reporter undercover to Palestine Motion group conferences the place the protests had been coordinated.

“I’m grateful to the Express for their willingness to provide the information gleaned from their own investigation,” Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent Sian Thomas mentioned in a statement. “It was instrumental in helping us intervene successfully.”

The six Palestine Motion protestors, all of their 20s or early 30s, deliberate to stage per week of protests, beginning Monday morning. They aimed to trigger monetary losses for U.Okay. firms doing enterprise with the Israel Protection Power amid the warfare in Gaza, which reached the 100-day mark on Sunday.

Because the Israel-Hamas warfare started on Oct. 7, London has been the location of a few of the largest demonstrations calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.

The activists meant to begin their week of protests on Monday morning by chaining their necks to the doorways of the London Inventory Trade to stop anybody from getting into, in keeping with the Express’ report printed Sunday. In addition they deliberate to spray hearth extinguishers and shoot faux financial institution notes painted purple out of “money guns” across the inventory trade, in keeping with the Specific report.

The aim was to disrupt buying and selling that may translate to tens of millions or billions in monetary losses.

London’s Metropolitan Police Power is conscious that the protestors meant to stage disruptions all through the week and mentioned it’s coordinating accordingly “to deal with any disruption in the coming days.”