US EditionCourt Told of Alleged Sledgehammer Attack at Elbit Systems UK Facility
Six Palestine Action members face charges for a coordinated break-in involving sledgehammers at Elbit Systems UK, with one officer suffering a spinal fracture, police said.
- Authorities say six people used a prison van to break into the Elbit Systems UK factory near Bristol on Aug. 6, 2024, in a 'meticulously organised' attack.
- Palestine Action had previously targeted the Bristol plant during the Gaza conflict, spraying paint and smashing windows, and was proscribed under UK terrorism laws after a separate RAF base incident.
- Police evidence, including bodycam footage, depicts activists in red overalls using sledgehammers and axes to attack officers, with one clip showing Samuel Corner swinging a sledgehammer at PC Buxton.
- PS Kate Evans told jurors that an X-ray showed a lumbar spine fracture, leaving her unable to work for three months and reliant on painkillers and assistance with basic tasks.
- The trial at Woolwich Crown Court is underway and expected to last until January; Elbit Systems UK said the Bristol site supplied only the British military and later closed the plant, while prosecutors said proscription is not relevant.
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Elbit break-in case: Palestine Action thug hit policewoman with sledgehammer
In August 2024, six anti-Israel activists broke into the Israeli defense firm’s UK site to protest the Gaza war. By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News A British policewoman testified Monday to being struck with a sledgehammer during clashes between Palestine Action members and the authorities after the anti-Israel group broke into an Israeli firm’s UK site in August last year. Sgt. Kate Evans told Woolwich Crown Court that she was kneeling while…
Pro-Palestinian activists filmed hitting UK officers with a sledgehammer in Elbit fac
British prosecutors released footage from a break-in at Elbit’s Bristol plant, showing a Palestine Action member striking officers with a hammer; One officer suffered a spinal fracture, as six activists are now on trial for the violent, 'meticulously' planned raid
Footage shows Palestine Action member allegedly fracturing UK cop’s spine with sledgehammer
Court shown bodycam video from 2024 Elbit break-in in Bristol; Sgt. Kate Evans says she was left unable to work, drive or dress herself after member of proscribed anti-Israel group hit her
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