(13 May 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Amsterdam, Netherlands - 13 May 2024
1. Various of students and activists occupying hall of the University of Amsterdam
2. Various of protesters building barricades with office furniture
3. Various of protesters
4. Police clashes with protesters
5. Police pushing student
6. Police beating protesters who are blocking access to the University
7. Various of protesters chanting pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli chants
8. Riot police deploying dogs
9. Pan from riot police to protesters
10. Police clash with protesters
11. Wide of riot police and protesters in the background
STORYLINE:
Students and employees from several universities in the Netherlands walked out on Monday in protest at Israel's military operation in Gaza Strip and the break-up of pro-Palestinian protests last week.
In the capital, demonstrators entered the University of Amsterdam building, set up tents, and built barricades using office furniture.
The University reported trespassing and vandalism and requested police intervention.
The mayor of Amsterdam, the police chief, and the public prosecutor decided to deploy riot police to break up the campus protest and restore order, a spokesperson for the mayor told Dutch media.
It is unclear how many protesters were arrested.
Similar protests also tookplace across Dutch university in Groningen, Nijmegen, Utrecht, Wageningen and Leiden.
Student protests have been gaining momentum across Europe, following similar actions in the U.S. universities where several encampments have spread out.
The war started after the Palestinian militant groups attacked the southern of Israel, killing 1,200 people in a surprise attack and taking around 250 hostage.
Israel’s’ retaliatory military operation has killed more than 34,700 Palestinians, according to local health officials, and has devastated the Gaza Strip.
AP video by Aleks Furtula
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