Pro-Palestine activists arrested over alleged support for proscribed organisation and 'assault of emergency worker' at Unite the Kingdom counter-protest
The Metropolitan Police have released the details of a dozen activists who were arrested following a pro-Palestinian Nakba Day protest that took place during the Unite the Kingdom rally.
Arrests included one marcher taken into custody for supporting a proscribed organisation and another was detained for assaulting an emergency worker.
Authorities also confirmed three breaches of Section 14 of the Public Order Act conditions, three public order offences and three offences for failing to remove a face covering.
Scotland Yard said a further seven hate crime offences linked to the Nakba protest remain under investigation, with suspects still outstanding.
A total of 43 arrests were made during the "unprecedented" police response to the 80,000 Unite the Kingdom and Nakba protesters in London yesterday.
Eight people were either not affiliated with either group or had affiliations that could not be confirmed.
Two hate crime-related arrests were linked to the Nakba protest and nine to Unite the Kingdom rally.
Police recorded a total of 11 hate crime-related arrests.
The offences included incidents motivated by race, religion, sexuality and disability.
In total, 20 people were arrested who were affiliated with the Unite the Kingdom rally.
Arrests included a person wanted for a previous telecommunications offence, 10 public order offences and one assault occasioning actual bodily harm offence.
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One person wanted for previous grievous bodily harm (GBH) offences was also taken into custody.
Other arrests included three drunk and disorderly offences, two assaults on emergency workers, one criminal damage offence, and one possession of an offensive weapon offence.
Police said arrests among those with no confirmed affiliation included two theft offences, one drunk and disorderly offence, one common assault and one ABH offence.
They also took others into custody, including one for an immigration offence, one for drug possession, and one for failing to provide details when required.
Armoured cars, facial recognition, drones and horses were deployed by the Metropolitan Police.
The major police operation has cost the police £4.5million, with 4,000 officers on duty.
The force was able to avoid clashes between the two rallies.
Live facial recognition was used for the first time in a protest policing operation, with cameras set up in an area of Camden not on the route of the Unite the Kingdom rally.
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