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- UK-based group claims vandalism is 鈥榤essage鈥� for broadcaster with 鈥榖lood on its hands鈥�
LONDON: Pro-Palestinian activists splattered the BBC New Broadcasting House in London with red paint to protest the network鈥檚 鈥渂iased鈥� reporting on events in Israel and Gaza.
Journalist Victoria Derbyshire posted footage on Saturday showing the front of the Broadcasting House with its revolving doors and right wall covered in blood-red paint.
UK-based Palestine Action claimed responsibility for the damage on Twitter, saying it had 鈥渓eft a message overnight for the BBC.鈥�
The group tweeted: 鈥淪preading the occupation鈥檚 lies and manufacturing consent for Israel鈥檚 war crimes means (sic) you have Palestinian blood on your hands. #ShutBBCDown.鈥�
Later in the day, it tweeted: 鈥淧alestine Action sprayed the BBC with blood-red paint, symbolizing their complicity in Israel鈥檚 genocide of the Palestinian people through biased reporting.鈥�
Earlier in the day, there appeared to be unsuccessful attempts to clean the paint off the building, the Telegraph reported.
The vandalism occurred before a pro-Palestine march that began in front of the building at noon. Palestine Action describes itself as a 鈥渄irect action network dismantling British complicity in Israeli apartheid.鈥�
Members of the group have launched similar protests in the past, notably throwing red paint on offices and factories belonging to the Israel-based defense electronics company Elbit Systems.
The Metropolitan Police told the Telegraph that while they were 鈥渁ware of the criminal damage鈥� to Broadcasting House, there was 鈥渘o suggestion it is linked to any protest group.鈥�