Anti-Israel activists rammed the gates of a British factory on Friday morning and sprayed the facility with red paint, Merseyside Police and Palestine Action said.
In a predawn attack on the Wirral Teledyne factory, activists rammed the gates to allow activists to infiltrate the grounds, said police.
Spraying parts of a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft
Palestine Action, a pro-Palestinian direct-action protest network said that “actionists” sprayed machinery and vehicles with paint to disrupt production, in particular that of parts for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft.
“This is the kind of response they get when they try to hurt our fellow man, our siblings. The workers have left for the day, it’s the day after the general election and this is how I’m voting,” an activist said in a video posted by Palestine Action on Instagram.
Merseyside Police said that three women were arrested in Bromborough. A 40-year-old woman from Toxteth, a 30-year-old Hackney woman, and a 20-year-old Aigburth woman were suspected of multiple offenses including aggravated trespass, criminal damage and dangerous driving.
Palestine Action announced that the activists were released later that night.