Live mice thrown into Birmingham McDonald’s restaurant - full West Midlands Police statement

Police are investigating after live rodents were thrown into a McDonald’s in Nechells on Monday evening (October 30).

Customers were left shocked after a pro-Palestine activist threw live mice painted red, green white and black into the restaurant while saying ‘free Palestine’.

The rodents were thrown into the Star City restaurant by the front door near the ordering area. West Midlands Police said the incident took place at around 5.30pm and it is being treated as a public nuisance offence.

Two women who were ordering near the kiosk quickly jumped away from the mice after turning around and seeing them on the floor. A TikTok video shared online shows the mice in different containers before they are thrown into the restaurant.

What has West Midlands Police said about the incident?

A statement from the force, read: “We’re investigating after live rodents were thrown into a restaurant off Watson Road, Nechells, at around 5.30pm yesterday (30 October). We understand the distress this will have caused and it’s not acceptable in any circumstances.

“This is currently being treated as a public nuisance offence and we’ve active lines of enquiries to identify, and then arrest, who was involved.

If anyone has any video footage or information that could help our investigation we are urging you to upload it to our online portal. “Alternatively you can contact us via Live Chat on our website, or by calling 101, and quote log 3847 of 30/10/23.”