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Police and protesters both claim they were ‘set upon’ as pepper spray deployed outside Sydney weapons expo


Thirteen arrested during demonstration with both police and protesters reporting injuries

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Thirteen people have been arrested after an allegedly violent confrontation between New South Wales police and protesters outside a state government-sponsored defence conference in Sydney.

Both police officers and protesters were allegedly injured at Palestine Action Group’s demonstration on Tuesday outside the Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Darling Harbour, amid criticism that Israel’s largest weapons companies were attending the event.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/04/ten-arrested-as-police-pepper-spray-protesters-who-tried-to-blockade-sydney-weapons-expo

Author : Nick Visser and Penry Buckley

Publish date : 2025-11-04 07:07:00

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