Police in Amsterdam have moved in to end a pro-Palestinian protest after demonstrators occupied university buildings.
Footage from the Dutch capital showed a line of police holding back demonstrators, some of whom could be seen making peace signs with their hands while others held signs.
Students can be heard chanting: “We are peaceful, what are you?” and “Shame on you” in local media footage.
Earlier, a protest group said it had occupied university buildings in Amsterdam as well as in the cities of Groningen and Eindhoven.
Image: Police officers and pro-Palestinian protesters in Amsterdam
In a post on social media site X, Amsterdam police said the university had filed a report against the protesters for acts of vandalism.
A spokesperson for the University of Amsterdam said it had advised people not affiliated with the protest to leave the building.
Image: Pic: Ramon van Flymen/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Students in the US and Europe have been holding mostly peaceful demonstrations calling for an immediate permanent ceasefire in Gaza and for schools to cut financial ties with companies they say are profiting from the oppression of Palestinians.
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