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Police 'fully intend to intervene' if Hezbollah flags flown at London Al Quds Day march

Senior officer says force will 'enforce the law, where possible'

May 8, 2019 10:19
A Hezbollah flag at the Al Quds day rally in London
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The Metropolitan Police has said it "fully intends to intervene" if Hezbollah flags are flown are next month's Al Quds Day march, now that both wings of the terror group are proscribed in Britain.

The yellow flags - which depict a hand grasping a stylised assault rifle - have been routinely flown at the annual anti-Israel march thanks to a legal loophole which existed due to the fact that only the military wing of the group was initially banned, not the political wing.

But in February the government legislated to ban Hezbollah in its entirety, empowering police to seize material that promotes them and arrests.

The proscription makes it a crime to "wear clothing or carry or display articles in public" in support of Hezbollah.