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Protesters shut down Edinburgh arms factory
Activists protest outside Leonardo’s plant in Edinburgh

HUNDREDS of protesters halted production today at the Edinburgh factory of Leonardo, one of the world’s biggest arms companies.

A coalition of groups demanding the cessation of arms sales to Israel rallied at the plant in the Scottish capital’s Crew Road North at 5am, forming a picket line preventing deliveries and workers from entering the site, which manufactures components of the F-35 fighter jets and attack helicopters used to devastating effect on the Palestinian people.

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