Police arrested about 300 protesters during campus raids at Columbia University and CUNY in New York on Tuesday night, officials say.
Eric Adams, the city’s mayor, says the “massive operation” took place at Columbia’s request to remove those who were disrupting a peaceful protest.
Elsewhere, rival protesters have clashed at pro-Palestinian encampments in Los Angeles.
At the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), vice-chancellor Mary Osako said: “Horrific acts of violence occurred at the encampment tonight”.
She says the university “immediately called law enforcement for mutual aid support”.
Footage online appears to show masked counter-demonstrators – supporting Israel – attacking their rivals with sticks and attempting to dismantle barricades.
US universities have been gripped by protests over the war in Gaza, as students demand a boycott of companies and individuals with ties to Israel.
(BBC News)
