Police appeal for help to find hate crime suspects on march

POLICE were today set to put out more appeals to track down suspected Armistice Day hate crime offenders as the Government confirmed that it is to look at ways to make it easier to ban potentially inflammatory protests in future.

- Martin Bentham 

The Met said that it would be releasing more images of wanted people after making 145 arrests on Saturday as hundreds of thousands of people taking part in a pro-Palestinian march through London prompted a violent far-Right counter-protest.

The initial arrests were among the far-Right after what the Met condemned as "extreme violence" directed at police by a group of "largely football hooligans" that left nine officers injured, including two who were hospitalised.

But as a row continued over the presence of some antisemitic chanting and alleged displays of support for Hamas among the pro-Palestinian marchers, as well as the targeting of a London synagogue later on Armistice Day, defence minister James Heappey said it was "right" for the Government to examine whether future such protests could be stopped more easily.