Seven arrested over alleged support for Palestine Action at RAF Lakenheath protest

Protesters held on Sunday after joining a Lakenheath Alliance for Peace encampment outside airbase in Suffolk

Seven people have been arrested under suspicion of supporting the banned group Palestine Action after a protest in Suffolk.

They were arrested on Sunday morning after joining a peace encampment to create a blockade outside the main gate of Lakenheath airbase. The protest was organised after media reports that a US fighter jet shot down in Iran on Friday had taken off from the Lakenheath base.