Eleven people have been arrested at a pro-Palestine march in central London as thousands took to the streets to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
The arrests in Hyde Park on Saturday afternoon were made in connection with a string of alleged offences - including alleged racial hatred, suspicion of supporting a proscribed organisation, and assaulting emergency workers.One man was arrested after he was allegedly seen on the march holding an anti-Semitic placard, police said.It comes as 200,000 and 250,000 people took to the streets to demonstrate this afternoon, according to a spokesperson for the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
"After calling for "justice" for the Palestinian people, Mr Corbyn said he would be voting in support of a ceasefire motion being held by Westminster next week, due to be tabled by the Scottish National Party.The first arrest this afternoon was made before the march officially began. The Met Police announced on X at 1.30pm that the individual in question had been taken into custody for a proscribed organisation in relation to a placard.
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