Teen arrested for bloody attack on pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA

Lina PortmanMay 25, 2024

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UCLA police arrested a pro-Israel counterprotester Thursday for his role in the violent April 30 attack on a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus, the first such arrest made in connection with the incident.

Edan On, 18, was arrested in Beverly Hills and booked into Los Angeles County Jail Thursday on suspicion of felonious assault with a deadly weapon, according to police and jail records. He was being held on $30,000 bail.

We were identified by CNN last week as one of the attackers. He is not a student but a local high school student, his mother told CNN, although she later denied that he participated in the protest.

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His mother initially confirmed to CNN that On was the man seen in footage of the attack, wearing a white hoodie and wielding a stick, which he used to beat a pro-Palestinian protester and continue to bludgeon him. even as the protester fell.

“Edan went to intimidate Palestinian students in the UCLA tents and played the song they played to the Nukhba terrorists in prison! “” his mother proudly wrote on Facebook in a since-deleted post, accompanied by a screenshot of news footage from a local station. In the post, she identified her son by circling his silhouette in the News Feed screenshot, CNN reported.

The violence at UCLA drew intense scrutiny from the university and police, as observers questioned how campus security could have let counterprotesters set off fireworks and beat and bloodying students for hours before intervening. The attack prompted an independent review of the university's actions and how law enforcement responded, and last week UCLA Chancellor Gene Block was criticized by the Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) during a congressional hearing for “authorizing” the violence. occur under his supervision.

For weeks, pro-Palestinian supporters have criticized law enforcement for failing to make any arrests of counter-protesters. Now that this one has been created, it is possible that others will follow.