"Two people have been arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest in London after shouting slogans involving calls for intifada. The Metropolitan Police said the pair were arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated public order offences outside the Ministry of Justice building in Westminster on Wednesday evening. A third person was arrested for obstructing police as they made the first two arrests for the chanting at the demonstration, the force added."
"It is alleged that father and son Sajid and Naveed Akram opened fire on crowds of more than 1,000 people as they celebrated Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of light, on Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday. Sajid Akram, 50, was shot dead by police, while Naveed, 24, woke from a coma on Tuesday and was charged with a raft of offences, including 15 counts of murder and committing a terrorist attack."
Two people were arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest in London after shouting slogans involving calls for intifada. The arrests occurred outside the Ministry of Justice building in Westminster on Wednesday evening on suspicion of racially aggravated public order offences. A third person was arrested for obstructing the arrests. The Met and Greater Manchester Police declared that chanting slogans such as 'globalise the intifada' would lead to arrest, citing a changed context following the Bondi Beach and Manchester synagogue terror attacks. Officers moved into a crowd of about 100 and removed individuals to police vans, prompting both support and accusations of political repression.
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