Kerala police book female tourists for tearing pro-Palestine posters

Two female foreign tourists have been booked in Kerala’s Kochi for allegedly destroying pro-Palestine boards erected by an Islamist student outfit in the port city. Both women are reportedly from Australia and have been under IPC Section 153 for wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause a riot.

Police said the incident was reported from the Fort Kochi police station limit on Monday evening.

A video of the foreigners arguing with the locals over the posters went viral on social media. In the clip, one of the women can be heard saying that the poster was “insulting” to the Jewish people, while another made a video of the interaction on her phone.

#Kerala: An Australian Jewish tourist was summoned by Kerala Police for tearing down a Pro-Palestine mural in fort Kochi in #Ernakulam dist.The video of her tearing the mural had gone viral on SM.