The groups Youth Demand and Palestine Action jointly carried out the protest on Wednesday.
Police officers detain a person after members of Youth Demand threw red paint over the outside of the Ministry of Defence building in London The groups Youth Demand and Palestine Action jointly carried out the action on Wednesday demanding that both the Conservative and Labour parties commit to imposing a two-way arms embargo on Israel.
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”.were supporting the policing of a protest in central London when they saw a group of people spraying paint on a building along the Embankment.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 people are coming together to fight back.”
On Monday, the group sprayed Labour’s headquarters with red paint and on Tuesday held a demonstration outside Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer’s home.Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention.
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