Protesters release mice painted colours of Palestinian flag in U.K. McDonald’s

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In what appears to be a part of pro-Palestinian protests in the U.K., live rodents were released inside three separate McDonald’s restaurants. In one incident the animals looked to be spray-painted red, black and green – the colours of the Palestinian flag.

Police in Birmingham told The Guardian they are investigating after the first incident, which took place on Monday.

Video footage posted to TikTok of the incident shows a man who appears to have a Palestinian flag tied around his head carry boxes of red, green and black painted mice from the trunk of his car into the restaurant before spilling them out onto the floor.

Palestinian activist throws live mice covered in the colors of the Palestinian flag into a McDonald’s in the UK.

McDonald’s has been a target of pro-Palestinian activists as the restaurant chain has been giving free meals to IDF soldiers.

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Panicked customers scurry out of the way, while the man can be heard shouting “Boycott Israel” and “F— Israel.”

A second clip shows what appears to be a box of mice dumped on the ground near the counter of a separate location. A group of people can be heard chanting support for Palestinians as the animals are released.

The BBC reports a third incident of a similar nature was also shared across social media this week.

Police told local media that they were treating the first incident as a public nuisance offence.

“We’re investigating after live rodents were thrown into a restaurant off Watson Road, Nechells. We understand the distress this will have caused and it’s not acceptable in any circumstances,” West