Police moved in to clear dozens of protesters who had set up tents in a courtyard at the Sorbonne University in Paris on Monday to protest against the war in Gaza. The demonstration took place three days after protests at the capital’s elite Sciences Po university and came in the wake of rallies in campuses across the US against the conflict.
“Police brought down tents, grabbed students by the collar and dragged them on the ground,” a student said.A police source confirmed they had intervened. “This operation, which lasted only a few minutes, was carried out peacefully without incident,” the source said.
The university, one of the world’s oldest, closed its buildings for the days.