Police are investigating after the Edinburgh workplaces of Keysight Applied sciences had been broken early on 7 November, following claims of duty from a bunch describing itself as Autonomous Activist Group.
In an electronic mail circulated to media shops, the group mentioned it had focused the location “in solidarity with the individuals of Palestine,” alleging that the corporate provides parts utilized in Israel’s defence trade. The message additionally linked Keysight to Thales and Elbit Methods via the UK’s Watchkeeper surveillance drone programme.
The claims seem to check with the Watchkeeper’s origins, because the plane was developed from Israel’s Hermes 450 system earlier than being constructed underneath a UK-specific programme for British defence use. There isn’t any verified proof that methods or parts produced for this technique within the UK have been exported to Israel, nevertheless.
The e-mail alleged that home windows, lighting, and air-conditioning items on the web site on Lochside Place had been broken and paint was sprayed each inside and out of doors the constructing. {A photograph} circulated with the message seems to point out harm to the glass frontage taken at evening.
A Police Scotland spokesperson mentioned: “Round 1.20am on Friday, 7 November 2025, we obtained a report of a disturbance at and harm to a premises on Lochside Place, Edinburgh. Enquiries are ongoing and anybody with any data is requested to contact 101 quoting reference 0196 of seven November 2025.”
Keysight Applied sciences has not issued a public assertion.