Police were called to Edinburgh’s Leonardo building this morning after protestors blocked the entrance.
Shortly after 6am a ‘specially adapted’ van was parked across the factory entrance in Crewe Road North.
Campaigners say that hope to disrupt the supply chain to the deadly F-35 war planes.
Picture Alan Simpson
Free Palestine supporters with van at the Leonardo Factory Edinburgh.
Picture Alan Simpson
Picture Alan Simpson
A spokesperson for the campaign group Shut Down Leonardo said: “With most world leaders either ignoring Israel’s genocide in Gaza, or actively involved in it, we cannot look aside while our Palestinian brothers and sisters are being exterminated. By shutting down Leonardo we hope to disrupt the supply chain to the deadly F-35 war planes.”
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 6.15am on Monday, 18 August, 2025, we were called to a report of a protest outside a business premises in the Crewe Road North area of Edinburgh. Officers are in attendance and enquiries are ongoing.”
Campaign group Shut Down Leonardo previously targeted the premises on July 15, allegedly driving a van into fence surrounding the factory.
Three women were arrested.
