Video footage shared by the group on social media from inside the building showed extensive vandalism, with office furniture overturned, papers and debris strewn across floors, windows smashed, and equipment damaged. Activists wrote messages on interior surfaces, including \u201cULTRA KILLS KIDS\u201d on a cabinet and \u201cFor the poor children of GAZA\u201d on a wall, while a Palestinian flag was hung in a doorway.<\/p>\n
Activists arrested following Aberdeen break-in<\/p>\n
Footage from the break-in also captured that the activists had barricaded the door, followed by exchanges between the activists and responding law enforcement officers. In the videos, police officers wearing high-visibility vests and protective gloves are seen entering the facility, instructing the activists to show their hands and stand up, before placing them in handcuffs and escorting them from the premises.<\/p>\n
The group\u2019s online posts framed the incident as a form of direct action against military supply chains and described themselves as a \u201cgroup taking direct action to stop the UK-Israel<\/a> weapons trade.\u201c<\/p>\n A Police Scotland spokesperson said in a statement, \u201cAround 9:40 a.m., we received a report of vandalism and a break-in at a business premises on Prospect Road, in the Westhill area of Aberdeenshire.<\/p>\n \u201cOfficers attended and two men, aged 39 and 18, were arrested and charged. They are due to appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Monday, August 10.\u201d<\/p>\n Logistics firm DSV targeted in separate Doncaster incident<\/p>\n In a separate social media post shared last night, People Against Genocide also claimed responsibility for another action targeting the logistics firm DSV in Doncaster, England. According to the post, the group stated, \u201cIt is within our power to bring down the Israeli war machine in Britain, and so it must be done,\u201d adding that they have taken action against the logistics firm \u201cdozens of times, as it transports weapons for Israel\u2019s biggest arms maker, Elbit Systems.\u201d<\/p>\n The accompanying video footage of the Doncaster incident showed an individual in dark clothing and gloves walking through a commercial facility at night, repeatedly striking glass doors and entryways with a hammer while shattering the panels.<\/p>\n After The Jerusalem Post shared the footage with South Yorkshire Police, the force stated that the material had been passed on to the lead investigator handling an active probe into a prior attack at the same location last Wednesday.<\/p>\n The police said in a statement: \u201cWe received reports of criminal damage at Parkside Business Park on Spinners Road, Doncaster.\u201d<\/p>\nHundreds of activists gather in support of four of the Filton defendants due to be sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on June 12, 2026 in London, England; illustrative (credit: Guy Smallman\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n