‘I Was Shaking By The End of It’: British Reporter Details ‘Vile’ Harassment at Pro-Palestinian Protest in Central London

A British broadcaster was harassed on the streets of London on Saturday while covering a pro-Palestine protest and later said on air she was left “shaking” after the incident and that she and her team have filed a police report.

GB News’ political correspondent Katherine Forster detailed what happened to her and her team later on air.

“This is the seventh consecutive Saturday that there’s been a pro-Palestinian protest in central London. I’ve reported on a few of these. They tend to follow a similar pattern. They start out very peaceful. There’s babies and buggies as people with dogs. People in wheelchairs. All ages, all ethnicities,” Forster began, adding:

Things often turn unpleasant a little bit later. Of course, there’s always people out for trouble. The police have been handing out leaflets trying to clarify to protesters what might get them arrested. They’d rather not arrest people. But inevitably, it looks like there’s always a few, but some. In the last hour or so, we the cameramen, our back watcher, who’s here to keep us safe. Had really quite an unpleasant experience. A guy on a tannoy shouting at us wanted to know who you’re broadcasting from. He wouldn’t go away. He was very persistent.

“Eventually, I said GB News. At that point, he just I can’t tell you what he said, but it was vile: fascist, scum, etc,” Forster continued. GB News is a right-of-center broadcast station in the UK.

“A group of people came round us all shouting at us. I have to say it was very intimidating. I was shaking by the end of it,” she continued, concluding:

We then moved to a completely different place and at the end of that live, lo and behold, he appeared again. The police spoke to him. He’s been moved on. We’ve been told to to stay here and we’re filing a police report. But yeah, most people are very peaceful here. But there’s always an element. And of course, it’s really important that the press can bring you the news, can tell you what’s going on. If it wasn’t for the press, we wouldn’t even know what was happening in Israel and Gaza. But intimidating the press on the streets of London, not okay at all.

Watch the full clip above via GB News.

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