A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “Before and during today’s operation, we listened to and updated key stakeholders, including members of the local Jewish community.”
The Old Print Works in Moseley where the event was reportedly held according to a Facebook event post(Image: Google Maps)
Police have revealed another person has been arrested after an operation to a pre-planned ‘Anti-Zionist’ event in Moseley.
The launch of the ‘Anti-Zionist Movement’ had been advertised on Facebook as taking place at The Old Print Works in the Birmingham suburb today (February 8).
West Midlands Police earlier revealed they had arrested a woman, aged 35, in Kings Heath. Officers had stopped the vehicle she was travelling in at around 2.30pm and detained her.
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Officers were acting on information that she was due to attend the launch event and arrested her on suspicion of inciting racial hatred. She remains in custody this evening.
She was wanted by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of a Public Order Act offence, as part of an investigation by the London force into speeches and social media posts made between May and October last year in the capital and Birmingham.
Officers, who had been stationed outside the venue throughout the event, then arrested a 42-year-old man at around 5pm.
He was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence after a member of the public who had come to observe the event told officers he had been threatened.
A criminal investigation into a social media post which had been used to advertise the event continues.
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “Before and during today’s operation, we listened to and updated key stakeholders, including members of the local Jewish community.”