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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Alexandra Topping

Met chief says police will be ‘ruthless’ at pro-Palestine marches in London

Crowds march in front of Big Ben carrying Palestinian flags and signs, with one reading ‘Free Palestine’
As many as 100,000 people gathered for a march organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign on Saturday. Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer

The head of the Metropolitan police has warned his force will be “absolutely ruthless” in dealing with pro-Palestine protests and said that terrorism threat in the UK is “being accelerated” by the events in the Middle East.

Commissioner Mark Rowley said he would support a review of the legal definition of extremism and how it should be policed, as government ministers called for a “stricter clampdown” on protests but said that current laws were “robust enough” to deal with offences.

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