Activists have blockaded access points into a Kent weapons factory by lying across the road and locking themselves to gates. Eight pro-Palestine protestors claim they have “successfully shutdown” Instro Precision in Sandwich Discovery Park after attaching themselves with ‘lock-ons’. It is a technique employed to make it difficult to remove activists, often involving improvised or specially designed and constructed hardware. Activist group Palestine Action says the factory, a subsidiary of Israeli drone manufacturer Elbit Systems, produces a range of weaponry and military equipment which is use…
