UPR Students Arrested and Injured
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – [BREAKING] 15 or more students were arrested, at least 2 hospitalized, and around 8 police injured today in clashes related to the student strike at the University of Puerto Rico. Although still unclear, it appears students attempted to shutdown business as usual at the natural sciences building at the Río Piedras campus, but were instead met with a violent police response.
For the past few weeks students have been in an uproar over a fee increase intended to begin in January. This is the same fee increase students fought to prevent last Spring, where students effectively shut down the 10 of 11
