Three weeks after a mob attacked pro-Palestinian activists camped on the College of California, Los Angeles, police made their first arrest amid the violence, a person they are saying was seen on video beating the victims. with a picket stick.
The suspect, recognized as 18-year-old Edan On, was arrested Thursday within the metropolis of Beverly Hills and booked on suspicion of assault with a lethal weapon, the UCLA Police Division mentioned in an announcement Friday.
Native media reported that the person, who police mentioned had no affiliation with UCLA, was a scholar at Beverly Hills Excessive Faculty.
His arrest was the primary by police of their investigation of violence that broke out on campus between pro-Palestinian activists occupying a tent camp to protest Israel’s battle in Gaza, and a bunch that attacked them late within the morning. on the night time of April 30.
The masked attackers, described by college and police officers as “instigators,” stormed the protest website with golf equipment and poles, sparking a pitched skirmish during which each side exchanged blows and sprayed one another with pepper spray. Camp occupants mentioned fireworks had been additionally thrown at them.
College officers and police had been closely criticized by California Gov. Gavin Newsom and others for the way they responded to the standoff, which continued for no less than three hours into the early hours of Might 1 earlier than police intervened and restored the order.
