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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Tara Cobham

Holocaust survivor, 87, questioned by police after laying flowers at Trafalgar Square during Gaza protest

An elderly Holocaust survivor has been questioned by police after he laid flowers at Trafalgar Square during a Gaza protest to commemorate the tens of thousands of Palestinians killed in the Israel-Hamas war.

Stephen Kapos, 87, was interviewed by the Metropolitan Police on Friday about the pro-Palestine protest on 18 January in central London – a demonstration the force faced accusations of “repressive and heavy-handed policing” over at the time.

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