Pro-Palestinian group targets BBC London headquarters with red paint ‘blood’ protest

The BBC building covered in red paint as Met Police officers stand outside Credit: PA

The BBC’s Broadcasting House headquarters in London has been targeted and daubed in red paint by a pro-Palestinian group.

BBC presenter Victoria Derbyshire shared images and a video of the exterior of the building on Saturday morning.

Alongside the video showing the outside of the BBC covered in red paint, she wrote: "Just arrived at work. This is the front entrance to BBC this morning."

A Pro-Palestinian group has claimed responsibility for vandalising the BBC’s Broadcasting House headquarters with red paint over its coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Palestine Action accused the broadcaster of having “blood on it hands” after staging the protest in London in the early hours of Saturday morning.

It also targeted the BBC’s Hanover Building in Liverpool city centre, again spraying it with red paint to symbolise its “complicity in spilling Palestinian blood”.

Palestine Action posted on X, formerly Twitter: “Palestine Action left a message overnight for the @BBC: spreading the occupation’s lies and manufacturing consent for israel’s war crimes means that you have Palestinian blood on your hands”.

In a further statement, the group accused the BBC of being complicit in “manufacturing consent for the occupation’s genocide of Palestinians”.

It accused the BBC of only ever inviting Palestinians to comment when Israelis are killed, with little regard for Palestinians killed by Israel.

A spokesperson for Palestine Action said: “We at Palestine Action cannot stand by and let Western media justify and manufacture consent for genocide through racist, callous coverage.”

The broadcaster has faced criticism in recent days for maintaining its editorial stance not to describe Hamas militants as terrorists.

But the Metropolitan Police said the incident has not yet been linked to any protest group.

The piazza was closed off, with metal barriers in place behind yellow cleaning in progress warning signs.

Large brooms could be seen leaning against the glass doors, with the paint spread over the pavement.

Police officers stood guard outside, with an increased police presence in the capital where thousands of people are set to march in a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Saturday.

The scene at BBC Broadcasting House in London Credit: PA

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “We are aware of criminal damage to a building in Portland Place, W1A.

“At this stage there is no suggestion this is linked to any protest group.”

BBC radio broadcaster Edward Adoo also shared photographs of the incident on Twitter in the early hours of Saturday morning, and wrote: “Just got to the BBC the main entrance is blocked, someone sprayed red paint at the entrance.

"Regardless of your view on what’s going on this is not the way. Props to the security team on duty tonight.”

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