Police Tackle US Campus Protests As Los Angeles Hit By Clashes

Counter protesters attack a pro-Palestinian encampment set up on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) (Credit: AFP)

Hundreds of people were arrested at pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses as police Wednesday extended a crackdown that included clearing out demonstrators occupying a building at Columbia University in New York.

On the other side of the country, counter-protesters attacked a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles as violent clashes erupted in the dark before police intervened.