The protests began when students barricaded the entrance of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University in New York on Tuesday and unfurled a Palestinian flag out of a window.
Police in riot gear have raided Columbia University and arrested pro-Palestinian protesters occupying one of its buildings. Around 30 to 40 people have been removed from the Manhattan university's Hamilton Hall, according to police. The raid came hours after New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the demonstration at the Ivy League school 'must end now'. He also claimed the demonstration had been infiltrated by 'professional outside agitators'.
She said students did not pose a danger and called on police to back down. Officers raided the campus on Tuesday night after university bosses wrote to New York City officials and the NYPD formally asking for assistance. A large group of officers dressed in riot gear entered the campus late on Tuesday evening. Officers were also seen entering the window of a university building via a police-branded ladder vehicle, nicknamed 'the bear'.
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