London police fear terrorism targeting Nova massacre exhibit, want ads of event removed

Organizers were reportedly asked to remove banners promoting the October 7 exhibit, fearing it could attract attacks.

By World Israel News Staff

Police in London urged the organizers of an exhibition about the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7 to remove signage advertising the event, warning that publicizing the exhibition in advance could make it a target for terrorists or anti-Israel extremists.

According to the organizers of “The Moment Music Stood Still,” a traveling exhibition about the Nova Music Festival massacre, police requested that a banner advertising the event be removed until the day the exhibition officially opens.

The reasoning reportedly provided by police, according to Hebrew-language media reports, was that publicly revealing the location ahead of time could give terrorist groups or anti-Israel activists an opportunity to target the venue and potentially endanger visitors.

The exhibition is set to open on Wednesday, May 20, and features personal belongings of victims murdered at the festival, along with firsthand testimony from survivors, bullet-ridden vehicles, and other artifacts connected to the attack.

On the exhibition’s official website, the location is only described as being “close to Central London,” with organizers stating that the exact venue name and address will be announced later.

More than 500,000 people have visited the exhibition during previous showings in New York City, Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, Miami, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.

Michael Marlowe, whose son Jake was murdered at the festival, said the exhibition serves as crucial evidence against claims that the October 7 massacre was fabricated or exaggerated.

“It is important for everyone to see the exhibition,” Marlowe told UK outlet The Guardian. “We are not lying.”

Elkana Bohbot, one of the organizers of the Nova festival who was kidnapped and held in Gaza for more than 500 days, also urged skeptics and anti-Israel protesters to visit the exhibition before judging it.

Speaking to those who may oppose or protest the event, Bohbot said: “Come in for one minute. Not an hour but just one minute. Come inside. That’s it.”