Police have received a report of an alleged assault after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied a government department in Whitehall.
The protesters staged a distraction, involving a cyclist crashing into a pedestrian, before forcing their way into the Department for Business and Trade as part of a demonstration over its perceived links to the supply of arms to Israel.
Waving Palestinian flags, the group blockaded the entrance to the building on Thursday morning and began chanting the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”.
The protesters left when officers arrived to break up the demonstration shortly before 9am, the Metropolitan Police said. One member of staff accused the protesters of assault.
A police spokesman said: “Police subsequently received an allegation of assault from
