University buildings daubed with pro-Palestinian slogans again

University buildings daubed with pro-Palestinian slogans again

Maastricht University files charges

20-06-2024 · News

MAASTRICHT. "UM blood hands", "Stop supporting genocide" and "Free Gaza!": the facade of University College Maastricht (UCM) at the Zwingelput was daubed with pro-Palestinian slogans last night. Late last week, similar texts were found on a wall in the courtyard garden of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS). Maastricht University has filed charges in both cases, confirms spokesman Koen Augustijn. The graffiti will be removed.

It is not known who daubed the slogans on the UCM facade. In a message on website Burgernet, the police speak of "4 to 5" persons in dark clothes. They allegedly struck between 1:30 and 2:30 last night and then ran away in the direction of the small bridge to the city park.

Since the war between Hamas and Israel broke out in October 2023, university buildings have repeatedly been daubed with pro-Palestinian slogans. A tent camp stood in the garden of FASoS for several days. This came to an end on the day the building was occupied and teaching could not continue.

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