United Kingdom: Six Palestinians arrested for trying to prevent the opening of the London Stock Exchange on Monday
Police have arrested six people in connection with a plot to stop the London Stock Exchange (LSE) from opening.
Pro-Palestine activists from the Palestinian Action group are alleged to have planned to lock themselves in the headquarters of one of the world's largest stock markets tomorrow morning to prevent the building from opening for trading, as reported by the British newspaper Daily Express .
The plot is claimed to be part of the campaigners' plan to cause a week of chaos in the UK, aiming to cause problems for British companies doing business with the Israeli army.
The investigation was launched after the newspaper provided information about the plot to the Met last Friday.
In the early hours of Sunday 14 January, officers from the Met and Merseyside Police arrested a 31-year-old man in Liverpool on suspicion of conspiracy to commit criminal damage. Five other people, all believed to be part of the same plot, were arrested later in the day for the same offence.
A 29-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man were arrested in London, two women aged 28 and 26 were arrested in Liverpool and a 27-year-old man was arrested in Brighton.
The police thanked the Daily Express for providing essential information: presumably the newspaper, informed of the action, provided the necessary information to the police.
Branson Knowles, a former Chase Bank banker, said closing the building would “absolutely cause disruption and financial loss,” adding: “As one of the largest stock markets in the world, the LSE facilitates trading activity worth trillions of dollars every year." This is true, but trading on the LSE has long been carried out electronically. Furthermore, it seems strange that a building of this importance has only one access route. Presumably the plan was for something different.
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