Swedish police clear out pro-Palestinian tent protest at university

Swedish police have cleared out a tent camp outside a southern Sweden university occupied by pro-Palestinian students since May 16.

Police say that some 40 people are suspected of disobeying law enforcement during the early morning action and video shows police carrying away people who refused to leave the area outside Lund University.

Sweden again – This time is at Lund University and Lund City encampment!!! The students had been forced to wake up from sleep at 5am and the policeforces cleaned up their tent. See if this is moral.Swedish had been known as a calm people compared to to Denmark. But due to Zionism… pic.twitter.com/IV9H5IBg2k

— an_vitarelli (@an_anv) May 30, 2024

Swedish broadcaster SVT says there had been about 100 people in the camp.

In a statement, police say everything went smoothly.