A total of 890 people were arrested in London during a protest this weekend in support of the banned group Palestine Action, the capital's Metropolitan Police said Sunday.

The force said 857 people had been arrested under anti-terror laws for supporting a proscribed group during Saturday's demonstration, with an additional 33 arrested for other offences in

"We have a duty to enforce the law without fear or favour. If you advertise that you are intending to commit a crime, we have no option but to respond accordingly," deputy assistant commissioner Claire Smart said in a statement.

The government in July proscribed Palestine Action under the UK's Terrorism Act of 2000 following several acts of vandalism, in

Critics, in

"The contrast between this demonstration and the other protests we

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