About 30 proportoring protesters were arrested on Monday at the University of Washington, USAafter occupying an engineering building. There they demanded that the house of studies break links with the company Boeing for their military contracts in the war of Loop.
USA: Students detained after demonstrating at the University of Washington
The occupation of the building began shortly before its closure, at 5:00 pm local time on Monday, according to the spokesman of the Victor Balta University. The engineering sector was partially funded by a donation of US $ 10 million, according to the University’s website.
“Individuals who wore a virtually covered face They prevented access to two streets outside the building, blocked the tickets and exits of the building and started fires In two garbage containers in an outer street, ”Balta told CNN.
The spokesman said that “about 30 people” inside the building were arrested. The charges, which include raid, destruction of property, alteration of public order and conspiracythey will be referred to the County Prosecutor’s Office, said Balta.
Among them, any student could be referred to Student Conduct Office. The protesters demanded that the building be renamed in honor of a teenage engineering student who, as they affirmed, died in an air attack in Gaza.
The authorities began to clear the outer area of the building at about 10:30 pm local time and evicted the interior protesters half an hour later, said Balta.
It is not clear if those arrested were students And the demonstration seems to have been organized by Students united by equality and the Palestinian return (super) UWa student group that defends the rights of the Palestinians, according to CNN.
Background at the University of Washington
In addition to demanding the university to cut their links with Boeing, The manifesto links the group’s actions with the broader student movement in support of Palestinian rights. There they also praised Hamas’ terrorist attacks against Israel.
According to UW, it was a “suspended student group” and in February the Propalestinian complex organized a march of 150 people to also protest the Boeing Association with the Engineering building.
The university was one of the US institutions who experienced prolonged protests on their campus a year ago. Last May, the rector of the university demanded the dismantling of a camp after discovering anti -Semitic and violent graffiti in several buildings.
Source: Ambito
