Dozens detained after university calls in New York police

The Justice Department announced the indictment of 20-year-old Tarek Bazrouk on federal hate crime charges for assaults on Jewish individuals during protests related to Israel and Gaza in 2024 and 2025. Bazrouk, arrested after the indictment was unsealed, is accused of stealing an Israeli flag from a group near Columbia University and subsequently punching a student when they attempted to retrieve it. Additional assaults occurred near Wall Street and Gramercy Park, and the government is seeking his detention without bond, with no attorney listed for Bazrouk in court records.

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