According to CNN, the clashes erupted just before dawn between rival pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli groups.LA police department 'is responding immediately to request for support on campus,' said Zach Seidl, a spokesman for the city mayor, in a post on social media platform X.
Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFPProtesters and counter-protesters were seen clashing with sticks, and tearing down metal barricades, TV images showed.Others were seen launching fireworks or hurling objects at each other in the dark -- lit up with laser pointers and bright flashlights.UCLA Chancellor Gene D. Block warned ahead of clashes that protesters including 'both members of the UCLA community and others unaffiliated with our campus' had set up a camp last week.