Police use digger to remove Palestine Action activist from weapons company building
POLICE used a JCB digger to remove a Palestine activist from a building when a company supplying an Israeli-owned British arms manufacturer with equipment was occupied and blockaded today.
A witness said the female activist resisted removal three times before she was finally removed from a ledge above a door to the building.
The Palestine Action activist was one of a team which targeted the offices of Technology firm CDW UK in Manchester.
Similar stories
As Palestine Action prisoners go weeks without food, alleging dangerous neglect and detention without trial, campaigners warn that a near-total media blackout is hiding a crisis that could turn fatal – and fuel a growing wave of public anger. ELIZABETH SHORT reports



