Invesco’s Westminster workplace was attacked by Palestine Motion activists on Monday, as pink paint was plastered on the partitions of the worldwide funding agency’s constructing
US-based funding large Invesco has change into the newest goal of a “pink paint” assault on monetary establishments.
On Monday, the agency’s Westminster workplace was vandalised with pink paint and graffiti protecting the outside partitions of the Portman Sq. constructing. The incident was claimed by activists from the Palestine Motion group, who demanded that Invesco “drop Elbit”, referring to the Israeli army expertise firm.
Invesco and the Metropolitan Police have been approached for touch upon the matter.
This current assault follows the same incident reported by Metropolis AM final month, the place banking large JP Morgan, which holds over $22m price of shares within the Israeli firm, was focused.
Monetary establishments have lengthy been the main target of those “pink paint” assaults, with protesters aiming to strain corporations into divesting from sure pursuits, as reported by Metropolis AM.
Prior to now 12 months, Barclays has been on the centre of a string of vandalism incidents, with the financial institution stating that teams have employed intimidating techniques to harass employees each in particular person and on-line.
A Barclays spokesperson beforehand attributed the actions to “protest teams” which have “criticised Barclays for offering monetary companies to defence corporations”.
The Palestine Motion group has additionally caught the eye of House Secretary Yvette Cooper, following the discharge of footage exhibiting the group vandalising an RAF plane. Cooper described Friday’s incident as a “disgraceful assault” and referred to it as “the newest in an extended historical past of unacceptable felony injury dedicated by Palestine Motion”.
The House Secretary has introduced plans to categorise the group as a terrorist organisation with intentions to introduce a draft proscription order earlier than Parliament within the forthcoming week.
The laws will criminalise membership or encouragement of help for Palestine Motion.
Non-compliance with the brand new regulation may result in imprisonment for so long as 14 years, though many offences are more likely to end in fines relatively than jail time.
