Pro-Palestine protesters threw red powder paint over Tower Bridge during the London Marathon, just moments before runners were due to jog past the monument.
Youth Demand, a group calling for a trade embargo on Israel, said two of its supporters jumped over the barriers and threw powder in front of the men’s elite race at around 10.35am.
They swiftly tackled to the ground before police hurdled the barrier to arrest them.
An image shared by the group shows two people standing in the middle of the road wearing t-shirts that said: “Youth Demand: Stop Arming Israel.”
The pair were quickly arrested by City of London police, the group said.
Youth Demand named the two activists as Willow Holland, 18, from Bristol, and Cristy North, a live-in carer from Nottingham.
RACE AGAINST TIME TO SAVE GAZA: YOUTH DEMAND SUPPORTERS DISRUPT LONDON MARATHONAt 10:30am, Willow and Cristy jumped the barriers at Tower Bridge and sat down in front of the men's elite race at the London Marathon, wearing 'Stop Arming Israel' t-shirts.Gaza is running out of… pic.twitter.com/LxEVhGI29g
— Youth Demand (@youth_demand) April 27, 2025Holland was quoted by the group as saying: “I am taking action with Youth Demand because I have run out of other options: thousands are being killed in Gaza, our Government is making no effort to stop it and no other course of action, marches or rallies, has worked.
“I refuse to be complicit in a genocide funded by our politicians.”
Youth Action said the demonstration came after the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) announced its food stocks in Gaza have been completely “depleted” by Israel’s blockade.
According to the group, North said: “I’m taking action today at the London marathon because the people in Palestine are running out of time.
“We have tried all other avenues to get the Government to stop arming Israel and yet our Government is still enabling a genocide.
“They are making the UK people complicit in breaking UK domestic law by using our taxes to arm a genocidal state, breaking humanitarian international law.”
The BBC’s broadcast feed cut to the elite men’s race moments after the leaders had crossed Tower Bridge and there appeared to be no impact on the race.
More than 56,000 participants are expected on the 26.2-mile course through the capital on Saturday for the 45th TCS London Marathon.
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