Pro-Palestine protesters spray red paint over Ministry of Defence building

Published date10 April 2024
Publication titleMyLondon (England)
The activists also demand an end to all future licensing for the exploration, development and production of fossil fuels in the UK, including revoking oil and gas licences issued since 2021

In a video posted to X, formerly Twitter, several demonstrators can be seen spraying the red paint over the walls of the building before displaying a banner reading: "Youth demand an end to genocide."

In a post to the Metropolitan Police official X account, the force said five people had been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and are in custody.

They wrote: "We will never tolerate people causing criminal damage to buildings under the guise of protest."

In a statement, Youth Demand said: "Young people will not accept the future those in charge have in store for us.

"We will not die quietly whilst our leaders commit us to a future of suffering and mass death. Young...

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