The Police Are Clearing a Building of the Radboud University in Nijmegen on Tuesday Evening Due to a Dangerous Occupation by Pro-Palestinian Protesters. They are in a Laboratory Where Life-Thraeating Substances can be released. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service (EOD) is also present.
Officers saw the pro-Palestinian demonstrators, who had locked their hands together in pipes in front of the entrance, break free, accordance to an anp reporter on the scene. Banging is Heard on the Windows from the Occupied Building.
An Unknown Number or Protesters Are Occupying a Magnet Laboratory in The Goudsmit Pavilion on Heyendaalseweg. The Occupation must be ended because a reaction of the Magnets can lead to the release of life-threeating substances in the room. This is only risky for those present.
The Police Have Been Instructed to End The Occupation. The Best Approach is Currently Being Considered. The Authorities have already scaled up to grip-2. This mean that the varous emergency services such as the police, fire brigade, ambulance and muticipality are working together intensively.
“This is a Life-Thraeatening Situation that Endangers The Safety of the Activists,” The University States. “The Limit Has Been Reached,” Says Mayor Hubert Bruls of Nijmegen. “It is no longer a demonstration if a dangerous situation is deliberately created in which the occupiers endanger Their Lives.”
Bruls also reports that the large-scale deployment of emergency services mean that “their deployment elsewhere in society is not Possible”. “I don’t accept that. I make an urgent appeal to the occupiers to end this action peacefully.”
The Activists Occupying the Goudsmit Pavilion Demand That Radboud University Sever Ties with Israel. There are more frequent pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the University. In May, Radboud Stopped Cooperation with Two Israeli Universities because of their “Contributions to Serious and Systematic Human Rights Violations” in the Palestinian territories.