London police intervene as Palestine Action protesters gather despite synagogue attack


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LONDON: London police arrested six people who displayed support for a banned pro-Palestinian group on Saturday and carried away protesters who gathered for a demonstration, despite requests to call it off after a deadly attack at a synagogue in Manchester. Two people were killed in the attack in the northwestern city on Thursday and police shot dead the assailant, a British man of Syrian descent who counter-terrorism police said may have been inspired by extremist Islamist ideology. Organizers refused requests by the police and government to call off the demonstration, which had been announced before the attack, to protest against...