{"id":2807,"date":"2025-11-02T12:44:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T12:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/360wire\/?p=2807"},"modified":"2025-11-02T12:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T12:46:11","slug":"police-van-set-on-fire-amidst-pro-palestine-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/360wire\/2025\/11\/02\/police-van-set-on-fire-amidst-pro-palestine-demo\/","title":{"rendered":"Police van set on fire amidst pro-Palestine demo\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A police van was set on fire in Leeds city centre yesterday afternoon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident took place on Calverly Street at 2.33pm, West Yorkshire Police said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Witnesses reported seeing the van ablaze and smoking, with a person standing on top of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, a West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: &#8220;Emergency services attended the scene, the fire was extinguished and the man who was standing on top of the vehicle was arrested on suspicion of arson.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A pro-Palestine demo was taking place in Leeds city centre that afternoon, led by Leeds Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/360wire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/11\/leeds-psc-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2808 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;width:444px;height:auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Credit: Leeds Palestine Solidarity Campaign<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The activist group released a statement on Facebook after the incident which said: \u201cWe would like to first and foremost inform everyone that this was not associated with Leeds PSC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe do not condone any actions during our marches that jeopardise the safety of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A police vehicle was set on fire in Leeds yesterday amidst a pro-Palestine demonstration, however the group has since said it was not affiliated with the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":2809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,227],"tags":[28,55,31],"class_list":["post-2807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-generalnews","category-west-yorkshire","tag-leeds","tag-police","tag-west-yorkshire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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