Six people have been arrested for an alleged plot to cause damage and prevent the opening of the Stock Exchange this Monday. LondonThe Police reported this Sunday.
Apparently, activists from the so-called group Palestinian Action They intended to “block” the opening of the Stock Exchange building, according to the London Metropolitan Police.
The six people, whose identities or nationalities have not been provided, were arrested in the cities of London, Liverpool and Brighton (England), and remain in police custody.
Of the six, a 31-year-old man from Liverpool was arrested this morning by law enforcement in Merseyside (North West England) for alleged conspiracy to cause criminal damage.
The other five people were detained this Sunday for the same alleged crime. One of them is a 29-year-old woman from the Brent neighborhood in north London; a 23 year old man Tower Hamlets, in the east of this capital; two women aged 28 and 26 from Liverpool, northwest England, and a 27-year-old man from Brighton, southern England.
The agents made the arrests based on information provided by the Daily Express tabloid.
“These are important arrests. “We believe this group was ready to pull off a disruptive and damaging stunt that could have had serious implications if it had been carried out successfully,” said Sian Thomasfrom the London Police.
“I thank the Express for its willingness to provide information obtained from its own investigation. It has been instrumental in helping us intervene successfully. Since we received the material on Friday afternoon, we had a limited time to act,” accurate.
Law enforcement, he added, “were able to identify, locate and arrest those suspected of being involved in this plot.”