Health Secretary Sajid Javid condemned an anti-vaccination protest, saying: “This kind of vile behaviour is unacceptable.”
Police are appealing for information after anti-vaccine protesters targeted an NHS testing centre, and allegedly shouted abuse at staff and damage equipment.
Dozens entered the site in Milton Keynes on Wednesday and were captured in videos shared on social media.
Thames Valley Police said it was aware of the protest but no arrests had been made as yet.
Protesters could be heard accusing staff of “genocide” and some were chanting “shame on you”.
Matthew Barber, Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley, said it was “appalling” to see the protest “escalate into something much uglier”.
He said he had spoken to Thames Valley Police to discuss the incident and said that “criminal offences will be investigated and appropriate action taken”.
A police spokesman said officers had footage of the incident and added: “Where criminal offences have been disclosed, we will take swift action and bring offenders to justice.”
The Conservative MP for Milton Keynes North, Ben Everitt, said the protest at the testing centre was “completely unacceptable, and disrupting the work that the volunteers and staff do… is just completely out of order”.
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