Arrests at protests in London

THREE arrests were made yesterday amid a protest and a counter-protest for Al Quds Day, police said.

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Demonstrators (main picture and below) took part yesterday in protests and counter-protests in central London to mark Al Quds Day

(MAJA SMIEJKOWSKA/PRESS ASSOCIATION)

Al Quds Day demonstrators chanted "from the river to the sea" and held pictures of the late leader of Iran at a static protest in central London yesterday.

Scotland Yard had braced for a "difficult public order" environment, with at least 1,000 officers drafted in to manage the crowd. In a post on social media, the Metropolitan Police said: "Officers have made three arrests, one for showing support for a proscribed organisation, one for dangerous driving and a third for threatening and abusive behaviour."