Six members of the "Palestinian Action" group in the UK were arrested on suspicion of planning to disrupt the London Stock Exchange on Monday in protest against "arms trading" with Israel, according to the British police.
The police stated in a statement that "activists from the Palestinian Action group were likely intending to attack the London Stock Exchange on the morning of Monday, January 15, to cause damage and close the building to prevent it from opening."
The Scotland Yard launched an investigation on Friday after being warned by a journalist from the "Daily Express." A 31-year-old man and two women aged 28 and 26 were arrested on Sunday in Liverpool, a 29-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man in London, and a 27-year-old man in Brighton, on suspicion of "conspiracy to cause criminal damage." All of them were still in police custody on Sunday night.
The "Palestinian Action" group describes itself as a "direct action network" aimed at condemning "British complicity" with Israel. They stated on X that "the London Stock Exchange gathers billions of pounds for the Israeli apartheid system."
The group has previously carried out several demonstrations since the onset of the war on October 7 following the attack by Hamas on Israel. In October, the group painted the front of the BBC headquarters in London red, accusing the broadcasting agency of having "blood on its hands" due to its coverage of the war.
