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Six people arrested over suspected plot to disrupt London Stock Exchange
Team upday
14 January 2024 · 19:20
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Six people have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to disrupt the London Stock Exchange and cause “huge economic damage” after police were tipped off by a newspaper.
The Metropolitan Police began an investigation after being passed information on Friday by the Daily Express.
Activists from the Palestine Action group were allegedly plotting to “target” the London Stock Exchange on the morning of January 15, causing damage and “locking on” to prevent the building from opening for trading, Scotland Yard said.
The Express reported that the plot would kickstart a planned “week of chaos”, while the Met added that there was a “suggestion that this was one part of a planned week of action”.
The newspaper said the group hoped to cause “huge economic damage” by climbing on top of two revolving doors at the front of the building, armed with red paint-filled fire extinguishers, before locking their necks to the glass entrance using bike locks.
Other activists would lock themselves together in front of the main and back entrances, while fake bank notes, painted red to represent blood, were fired from “money guns”.