UK arrests 365 backing banned pro-Palestine group

Police in London arrested at least 365 people Saturday for supporting Palestine Action, at the latest and largest protest backing the group since the government banned it last month under anti-terror laws.

The Metropolitan Police said it made the hundreds of arrests, thought to be one of the highest ever at a single protest in the UK capital, for “supporting a proscribed organisation”.

It also arrested seven for other offences including assaults on officers, though none were seriously injured,…

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News Source: www.al-monitor.com

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