London Police Arrest 17 at Hyde Park Anti-Lockdown Rally

Officers of the Metropolitan Police patrol in Victoria Park, east London, on April 11, 2020. Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images

UK police arrested 17 anti-lockdown protesters on Saturday in London’s Hyde Park on suspicion of breaching CCP virus restrictions.

Officers arrested four people who had gathered in Hyde Park near Marble Arch at around 1 p.m. local time under Health Protection Regulations, the Metropolitan Police said on Twitter.