Naval Kidnapping

On Nov 2nd, 20 people from Brighton Against the War barricaded themselves in the Royal Navy Unit at the University of Sussex, taking a male officer hostage in the process. The protesters spent several hours in the building, hanging a banner from the window reading ‘War I$ State Terrorism!’

Outside, 200 students who had been holding a daily peace vigil also threatened to storm the building at Falmer, near Brighton. Police negotiators spoke with the group who eventually emerged at 2.15pm after having shut the unit down for the whole day. No one was hurt but all 20 were arrested on suspicion of false imprisonment and Section 5 of the POA.

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