Met chief says police will be ‘ruthless’ at pro-Palestine marches in London
by Alexandra Topping from World news | The Guardian on (#6FYZK)
Mark Rowley says officers will robustly enforce up to the line of the law' and warns war is accelerating' terror threat in UK
The head of the Metropolitan police has warned his force will be absolutely ruthless" in dealing with pro-Palestine protests and said that terrorism threat in the UK is being accelerated" by the events in the Middle East.
Commissioner Mark Rowley said he would support a review of the legal definition of extremism and how it should be policed, as government ministers called for a stricter clampdown" on protests but said that current laws were robust enough" to deal with offences.
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