Two women who were arrested on suspicion of a terrorism offence following a public appeal for information have now been charged. The charge is related to their activity at a protest in Whitehall on Saturday, 14 October. Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, expressed the importance of swiftly investigating such matters and bringing those responsible to justice.
The women, Heba Alhayek and Pauline Ankunda, both from south London, have been charged with carrying or displaying an article in a public place, in a manner that aroused reasonable suspicion of supporting a proscribed organisation, namely Hamas. The image appeal issued by the officers on Friday, 27 October, resulted in the arrest of the two women on Monday, 30 October.
