Police have urged students to call off a pro-Palestinian protest planned for the third anniversary of the October 7 atrocity, saying it is not ‘the right day to be holding that event’.
Officers have vowed to take a ‘robust’ stance on ‘a day of mourning and a day of reflection’ in the event that students decide to ignore their plea and take to the streets of central London on Wednesday.
The protest is being advertised on social media by student activists, who say they intend to ‘take to the street’ to ‘demand an end to the Palestinian genocide’.
The Met admitted it ‘sounds
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