Four arrested after Pro-Palestine activists 'smash into' Wolverhampton factory
"Significant damage was caused to a number of sky lights and solar panels"
Four people have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after footage appeared to show pro-Palestine activists smashing a car through the gates of a defence manufacturer.
The group, named online as Palestinian Martyrs, appeared to have broken in and got on to the roof of the Moog Aircraft Group factory in Pendeford, Wolverhampton, at 3.50am on Tuesday.
Significant damage was caused to a number of sky lights and solar panels, Staffordshire Police said.
A video released on social media showed the group ram through gates in a four-wheel drive vehicle before letting off a red flare and climbing a ladder.
One of the activists said: "We are Palestinian Martyrs for Justice and each of us here today on the roof of Moog are wearing a T-shirt of one of the martyrs that have been murdered by Israel in the genocide."
The manufacturer was targeted because it supplies equipment used on F-35 fighter jets used by the Israeli government to bomb Palestinians in Gaza, the group claimed.
"A number of individuals had entered a manufacturing building and gained access to the roof," police said in a statement.
"Officers, along with colleagues from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, were deployed to the scene and four individuals were arrested.
"This is an ongoing investigation and we would ask members of the public to avoid the site at this time."
A separate group, Palestine Action, was banned by the Government after it claimed responsibility for damage to jets at RAF Brize Norton and was also linked to allegations of a serious assault on staff and police officers at a business premises in South Gloucestershire.