British police said a man walked into a McDonald’s restaurant in central England and dumped dozens of live rodents dyed in the colours of the Palestinian flag on the floor, and the incident was under investigation.
Britain has seen increasing incidents of antisemitism since Israel launched a heavy bombardment of Gaza followed by a ground offensive in response to a Palestinian Hamas attack on Israel on Oct 7. There have been reports of assaults, verbal abuse and damage to property in Britain, as elsewhere around the world.
Video on social media showed a man with what appears to be a Palestinian flag draped around his head, calmly carrying a box containing rodents, some dyed green and red, into the McDonald’s in Birmingham, and then tipping the animals on to the floor in front of horrified customers.
Throwing rats in McDonald is apparently going to help Free Palestine. The UK have lost control against those Jihadis pic.twitter.com/hYkgu9EZv4
— Sarai (Sarah Idan) Miss Iraq (@RealSarahIdan) October 31, 2023
“We’re investigating after live rodents were thrown into a restaurant off Watson Road, Nechells, at around 5.30 p.m. yesterday,” West Midlands Police said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“We understand the distress this will have caused and it’s not acceptable in any circumstances.”
Police said the incident was being treated as a public nuisance offence.
