Overview

• Three women and one man were brought down safely at about 5:30 pm on Monday and arrested on suspicion of criminal damage following negotiations and a prolonged police operation.
• Protesters carried bolt cutters, hammers and flares, smashed windows and doors, and daubed machinery and interior walls with red paint during their rooftop occupation.
• Durham Constabulary deployed around 11 vehicles, drones and an extended cordon across the industrial estate, and firefighters used an aerial platform to facilitate the safe removal of the activists.
• The factory was forced to suspend operations for the day, Horndale Avenue was closed to traffic and staff were evacuated, though no injuries were reported.
• Palestine Action said the action formed part of its wider campaign against UK firms allegedly involved in arms manufacturing or export to Israel, with the same site having been breached two days earlier.