London Police Arrest 43 at Pro-Palestine and Unite the Kingdom Rallies

Metropolitan Police arrested 43 people during pro-Palestine and Unite the Kingdom events held in London. One person was detained for supporting a proscribed organisation and another for assaulting an emergency worker.

Authorities recorded three breaches of Section 14 Public Order Act conditions, three public order offences, and three offences for failing to remove a face covering. Seven hate crime offences linked to the Nakba protest remain under investigation. Twenty arrests were connected to the Unite the Kingdom rally.

These included one person wanted for a previous telecommunications offence, ten public order offences, and one assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

The Metropolitan Police deployed armoured cars, facial recognition cameras, drones, and horses. Live facial recognition was used for the first time in a protest policing operation in an area of Camden. The operation cost £4.5 million and involved 4,000 officers. Police stated they avoided clashes between the two groups.