More than twenty pro-Palestinian students are said to have barricaded themselves in the James administration building on the McGill campus. Law enforcement officers were dispatched to the scene.
The group of students barricaded themselves in response to the Israeli army’s escalating military strikes in Rafah and the university’s refusal to respond to queries regarding its ties to the State of Israel. This event takes place as part of the call to action
The students want to occupy the building as long as the university does not financially dissociate itself from the Israeli state. A large number of police officers were dispatched to the scene and are currently entering the building to evacuate the demonstrators.
Dozens of students surround the building, forming human chains to stop the advance of the police.
The McGill administration responded after students were barricaded in one of the buildings.
“Protesters are currently occupying the main administration building on McGill University’s downtown campus,” McGill said. “Law enforcement and University Security are on site.”
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