Three arrested after van breaches Edinburgh arms factory
This led to a large police presence and three women – aged 31, 34 and 42 and belonging to the activist group Shut Down Leonardo Edinburgh – were arrested.
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Now, Police Scotland have confirmed that the trio have been arrested specifically under the Terrorism Act 2000.
Police Scotland's Counter Terrorism Unit are leading the investigation and appealed for information.
Leonardo, an Italian company on Crewe Road, has been subject to a series of protests over it supplying military technology to Israel amid its genocide in Gaza.
This incudes components for F-35 fighter jets, which have been used to bomb Palestinians.
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