Scots factory with arms firm ties vandalised by pro-Palestine activists
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ANTI-war activists trashed a metal company's service centre claiming it provides materials to defence firms making arms for Israel.
Palestine Action Scotland smashed windows at the Righton Blackburns hub over alleged links to Leonardo and Thales which manufacture drones, helicopter parts and targeting systems used during the conflict in Gaza.
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Righton Blackburns in Carmyle, Glasgow was vandalised by pro-Palestine activists
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Palestine Action Scotland says it hit the site over ties to arms firms
Campaigners filmed their hit at the site in Glasgow and daubed its walls with graffiti urging bosses to 'drop' deals with the businesses.
A group spokesman said: 'We are ordinary local residents taking direct action against the bloody supply chain enabling Israel's genocide of Palestinians.
'Anyone similarly horrified by this state of affairs could do as we have done.
'Our governments are not only standing by while a genocidal campaign is carried out in plain sight, but is actively supplying the armaments that enable Israel's disgusting crimes against humanity.
'Marching to ask politely for change is no longer sufficient for people of conscience.
'Our actions were not a protest, but a direct intervention to disrupt the flow of weaponry and surveillance equipment.
'Israel's overt goal of exterminating Palestinians is made possible by facilities such as Righton Blackburns, from where vital parts are distributed to the assembly lines of Leonardo and Thales that make the planes, drones and weapons that are tearing the limbs off civilians and beheading Palestinian children.
'Until companies such as Righton Blackburns remove themselves from the supply chain that arms Israel, they will remain a target.'
Righton Blackburns describes itself as a 'stockholder of quality metals and plastics' and says it supplies aerospace and defence clients worldwide with 'speciality alloys'.
Bosses say these materials are sent from sites in Plymouth, Portsmouth, Bristol and Manchester.
Five Glasgow University students have been on hunger strike for a week as they warn 'we will not stop'
Footage of the strike carried out in the early hours of Friday morning show a figure smashing glass before a security alarm sounds at the site in the city's Carmyle.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: 'Around 3.30am on Friday, April 25, we received a report of vandalism to a building in the Fullarton Drive area of Glasgow.
'Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.'
Righton Blackburns has been approached for comment.
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