The brand of London Inventory Trade Group Plc within the atrium of the workplace within the metropolis of London, United Kingdom, on Tuesday, March 14, 2023.
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London police arrested six pro-Palestinian activists on Sunday for allegedly planning to lock the doorways of the London Inventory Trade in an try and disrupt buying and selling amid the continuing Israel-Hamas conflict.
The arrests got here after a tip on Friday from the British newspaper The Every day Specific, which had despatched an undercover reporter to the conferences of the Palestine Motion group the place the protests have been being coordinated.
“I’m grateful to the Specific for his or her willingness to offer info gathered from their very own investigation,” Metropolitan Police Superintendent Sian Thomas mentioned in an announcement. “He was instrumental in serving to us intervene efficiently.”
The six Palestinian Motion protesters, all of their 20s or early 30s, deliberate to stage per week of protests, beginning Monday morning. They purpose to trigger monetary losses for British firms doing enterprise with the Israel Protection Pressure amid the conflict in Gaza, which reached the 100-day mark on Sunday.
For the reason that Israel-Hamas conflict started on October 7, London has been the location of a number of the largest demonstrations calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Activists deliberate 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, based on the Specific report printed on Sunday. In addition they plan to spray hearth extinguishers and shoot red-painted pretend notes from “cash weapons” across the inventory market, based on the Specific report.
The purpose was to disrupt commerce which might translate into hundreds of thousands or billions in monetary losses.
London's Metropolitan Police Pressure is conscious that protesters intend to stage disruptions all through the week and mentioned it’s co-ordinating accordingly “to cope with any disruption within the coming days”.
