Police enter Columbia University building barricaded by students as protests rock US campuses

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NEW YORK: Dozens of helmeted police marched on to Columbia University's campus in the heart of New York City on Tuesday (Apr 30) and began evicting a building that had been bar

Police use a special vehicle to enter Hamilton Hall which was occupied by protesters, as other officers enter the campus of Columbia University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, US, Apr 30, 2024. in the heart of New York City on Tuesday and began evicting a building that had been barricaded by pro-Palestinian student protesters.

As she spoke, protesters were seen using ropes to hoist crates of supplies up to the building's second floor, apparently signaling the students were hunkering down. At Columbia, demonstrators have vowed to remain until their demands are met, including that the school divest all financial holdings linked to Israel.

In Oregon, Portland State University's campus was closed Tuesday"due to an ongoing incident" in the library, college authorities said, after local media reported around 50 protesters had broken into the building a day earlier. NYPD officers in riot gear break into a building at Columbia University, where pro-Palestinian students are barricaded inside a building and have set up an encampment, in New York City on Apr 30, 2024.

 

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