Poppy seller veteran says he was ‘punched’ during pro-Palestine rally at train station

Police are investigating an alleged assault on a veteran selling poppies at a station during a pro-Palestinian rally. Jim Henderson, 78, claims he was punched as he tried to leave Waverley Station in Edinburgh before being helped by railway staff. Mr Henderson, who told the Scottish Daily Mail he served in the Royal Corps of Signals, 32 Signal Regiment in Northern Ireland, claimed the assault happened during the rally while he ran a Poppyscotland stall at the station.