Police appeal for information over possible hate crime at demo

Officers investigating a hate crime incident in Trafalgar Square would like to speak to these two women.

Anyone who can help us identify them should call 101, giving the reference 6576920/23.

Information can also be provided to Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111. pic.twitter.com/kU5OvdhIM3

— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) October 28, 2023

According to the video, demonstrators can be heard changing “Khayber Khayber ya yahud jaish al Mohammed Sa'ar Yaud”,  “Khaybar Khaybar, O Jews the army of Mohammed is coming” - a reference to the battle of Khaybar in 628 in which the early Muslims defeated Jewish tribes in Arabia.

One woman appears to be holding an effigy of a dead baby.

The Met said that officers “were deployed quite quickly to the place where the video was filmed but the two women weren’t there, or could not be found, when they arrived”.

For the third weekend running, protest against Israel were held across the country, with the BBC reporting that the main central London demonstration ran to a mile and a half long.

According to the Met, two arrests were made in London for assaults on police assaults and seven for public order offences.