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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rajeev Syal

Seven charged over protest at Israeli-based firm’s UK site

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The protest happened at the Elbit Systems UK building near Patchway, Gloucestershire, on 6 August. Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters

Seven people have been charged over a Palestine Action protest at an Israeli-based defence firm’s site and face claims from prosecutors that they were involved in terrorist-related activities.

The Crown Prosecution Service said it would submit to the court that an incident at the Elbit Systems UK building near Patchway, south Gloucestershire, on 6 August had a “terrorist connection”.

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