Pro-Palestinian activists vandalize UK defense firm over ‘Israel’ arms links
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Pro-Palestinian activists from the group People Against Genocide in the UK broke into and vandalized the Aberdeen facility of Ultra Intelligence and Communications (Ultra I&C), a military technology company, in the early hours of Sunday. The group also claimed responsibility for a separate vandalism attack on the logistics firm DSV at a site in Doncaster, England.
According to the group’s Instagram posts and statements, a two-person team entered the Ultra I&C premises on Prospect Road in Westhill, Aberdeenshire, around 3 AM.
They barricaded themselves inside, dismantled equipment and computers to render them inoperable, spray-painted slogans such as “For the dead children of Gaza” and “ULTRA KILLS KIDS,” hung a Palestinian flag, and took documents.
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Video footage shared online showed overturned furniture, scattered papers, smashed windows, and damaged equipment.
Police Scotland received a report of the break-in and vandalism around 9:40 a.m. Officers arrested two men, aged 39 and 18, who were charged and due to appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
Footage captured exchanges as police entered the barricaded building, instructed the activists to show their hands, handcuffed them, and escorted them out.
People Against Genocide stated that Ultra I&C “supply military hardware and tech to Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems and to the Israeli military directly,” and that “actions against the firm have continued to intensify” after earlier attacks that allegedly destroyed military satellites destined for ‘Israel’.
A group spokesperson said: “Companies like Ultra I&C, which operate in our towns and cities, fuel and profit from the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Not only does Ultra I&C supply Israel’s biggest weapons firm, Elbit Systems, the firm also supplies the Israeli military directly… That’s why we can’t expect anything from the government, and must take direct action in order to intervene and disrupt the genocidal supply chain ourselves… We have to shut these weapons firms down. Free Palestine!”
In a separate claim, the group said it targeted DSV in Doncaster, stating: “It is within our power to bring down the Israeli war machine in Britain, and so it must be done,” and noting it has acted against the firm “dozens of times, as it transports weapons for ‘Israel’s’ biggest arms maker, Elbit Systems.”
Video showed an individual in dark clothing smashing glass doors and entryways with a hammer at night.
South Yorkshire Police confirmed reports of criminal damage at Parkside Business Park on Spinners Road, including smashed windows and graffiti, and said the new material was passed to investigators probing an earlier incident at the same site; they believe two men and a woman were involved.
