About 300 people have been arrested during police crackdowns on protests at US universities. In the early hours of Wednesday, police were called into Columbia University in New York, and also broke up protests at the University of California, Los Angeles as demos over the Israel-Hamas war reached boiling point. New York City Mayor Eric Adams said about 300 people were arrested at Columbia and nearby City College.
'Occupied, vandalised, and blockaded' On the other side of the country, police in riot gear raided Columbia University and arrested pro-Palestinian protesters occupying one of its buildings. About 30 to 40 people were removed from the Manhattan university's Hamilton Hall, according to police. Those behind the protest said they had renamed the building 'Hind's Hall' in honour of Hind Rajab, a six-year-old girl killed in a strike on Gaza in February.
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