PALESTINE Action protesters strapped in and smashed two cars into concrete bollards, blocking the only entry to an Israeli drone factory in Leicester today morning.

The activists used D-locks to attach themselves to the steering wheels and forced workers arriving at the Elbit factory, UAV Tactical Systems (U-TacS), to return home, said the group.

Online footage shows dozens of activists then coming to reinforce the blockade, chanting “murderer” to the employees as they left the scene. Defence-sector union Unite has condemned personal abuse of arms industry workers of this kind.