As per reports, increased security and cordons have been set up near the Student Services Building at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) on Thursday (13 June) afternoon, after the building and other university property were vandalized during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on campus on Wednesday (12 June).
Damage at the university included overturned vending machines, broken furniture and windows and a large amount of trash strewn in front of and around the Student Services Building. The building’s first-floor windows were sprayed with pro-Palestinian graffiti.
• As of Thursday (13 June), university officials moved classes online indefinitely and canceled campus events.
• Reports indicate that several people were assaulted at Cal State Los Angeles as a barricade was formed during a pro-Palestinian protest that involved the takeover of at least one floor of the Student Services Building (SSB).
• The demonstration held on Wednesday (12 June) night and Thursday (13 June) early morning, prompted the university to order a shelter-in-place for SSB and others were told to avoid the area and leave campus.
• The protests were organized by Students for Justice in Palestine at CSULA.