Paris police clear protesters at Sorbonne university

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.