World News | Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Arrested After Occupying Stanford University President's Office
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied a building that houses the offices of Stanford University's president and provost early Wednesday, but law enforcement officers quickly removed them and made multiple arrests, the university said.
Stanford, Jun 5 (AP) Pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied a building that houses the offices of Stanford University's president and provost early Wednesday, but law enforcement officers quickly removed them and made multiple arrests, the university said.
The takeover began near dawn on the last day of classes for the spring quarter. Some protesters barricaded themselves inside while other linked arms outside, The Stanford Daily reported. The group chanted “Palestine will be free, we will free Palestine”.
Within about two hours officers had broken into the building and began taking people into custody. (AP)
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