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Over 200 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at UCLA

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Police officers arresting pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in Los Angeles, California, the United States. [Xinhua]

Over 200 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested Thursday morning as police moved to dismantle an encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), one of the top public universities in the United States, U.S. media reported.

The number of protesters at UCLA arrested by California Highway Patrol officers now stood at 209, two law enforcement sources apprised of the ongoing operation to clear the campus told NBC News.

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