Two of them were heavily built men - one was wearing camouflage clothing and the other was wearing a baseball cap and a nylon padded jacket with a hood. The third attacker could have been a woman. Both organisations said they had nothing to do with last night's attack. The police will be making every effort to track down these criminals. The Home Secretary has announced the Government will introduce new powers to crack down on animal rights extremists.
Animal research has to be carried out if humanity is to conquer life-threatening diseases.
It is not done for frivolous reasons. Britain has the toughest regulatory system of animal research in the world and violence by thugs posing as protesters is totally unjustifiable.