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Palestine Action occupy Elbit's Leicester drone factory

ACTIVISTS from Palestine Action forcibly broke into a drone factory owned by Elbit Systems today, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer.

One activist in a lorry smashed through the fence of a UAV Tactical Systems factory in Leicester, with two others on top of the vehicle.

Another protester scaled the building and occupied the factory’s roof, with red paint sprayed across the building symbolising spilt Palestinian blood.

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