Guns confiscated from anti-Israel protesters at UT Austin, University of South Florida

Firearms were confiscated astatine student protests astatine some nan University of South Florida (USF) and nan University of Texas astatine Austin (UT Austin) complete nan past 2 days, authorities say.

Anti-Israel protester Atah Othman, 39, was 1 of 10 demonstrators arrested connected nan USF field connected Tuesday — and he was busted carrying a weapon successful his waistband, Fox 13 Tampa reports.

Othman faces 4 charges including possession of a firearm connected schoolhouse property, trespassing, unlawful assembly and resisting arrest, apprehension records show. He was released connected enslaved conscionable aft midnight connected Wednesday, hours aft protesters gathered astatine nan Orient Road Jail calling for nan 10 group arrested to beryllium released. 

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Guns were recovered by constabulary astatine student protests astatine some nan University of South Florida (USF) and nan University of Texas astatine Austin (UT Austin) this week, authorities say. (Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office)

It is unclear if Othman is portion of nan schoolhouse strategy aliases an extracurricular agitator. The identities of nan remaining 9 group arrested are unclear. 

USF says that up to 100 group arrived astatine field for nan protests yesterday and immoderate were not affiliated pinch nan university.

The arrests came aft dozens of protesters gathered adjacent Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza connected field for a rally, nan aforesaid location wherever 3 group were arrested connected Monday for akin protests. 

USF gave a 5 p.m. deadline for protesters to disperse and, aft past declaring that nan objection was nary longer lawful, constabulary moved successful pinch tear gas, warding disconnected agitators and making arrests.

Meanwhile, a UT Austin spokesperson says that guns were recovered connected its field hidden successful a breezeway connected Monday, Fox 7 Austin reports. Buckets of ample rocks, bricks, steel-reinforced wood planks, mallets and chains were each recovered connected field belonging to protesters.

"University unit recovered a 5-gallon bucket filled pinch ample chunks of actual strategically hidden successful a breezeway of Calhoun Hall starring to nan South Lawn," nan spokesperson told Fox 7.

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University of Texas astatine Austin constabulary apprehension a protester astatine an encampment connected nan southbound section connected April 29, 2024. (Aaron E. Martinez/American-Statesman/Imagn)

"An identical bucket was recovered successful a akin location during past Wednesday's protest. Similar buckets of rocks person been utilized during past protests successful Austin to battle responding officers."

Nearly 80 group were arrested astatine UT Austin’s protests connected Monday aft demonstrators group up tents and a barricade connected nan South Lawn contempt lawmakers banning camping successful nationalist areas successful 2021.

Most of nan protesters were charged pinch criminal trespass, 1 personification was fixed an further complaint of obstruction and different was charged pinch interfering pinch nationalist duties, Travis County Attorney Delia Garza said.

At nan University of California, Los Angeles, connected Tuesday night, convulsive scenes collapsed retired pinch protesters throwing chairs, utilizing sticks and weapons to hit each different and shoving and kicking 1 another.

Meanwhile, astir 300 agitators were arrested by New York City police overnight Tuesday into early Wednesday betwixt protests astatine Columbia University and nan City College of New York.

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NYPD officers successful riot cogwheel break into a building astatine Columbia University connected April 30, 2024. NYPD sources show Fox News that astir 230 protesters were taken into custody during nan incident.  (KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

NYPD sources show Fox News that astir 230 protesters were taken into custody astatine Columbia University and of that number, betwixt 40-50 were arrested successful relationship to nan business of Hamilton Hall. The remaining protesters were arrested astatine City College.

A connection released by a Columbia spokesperson said officers entered nan field aft nan assemblage requested help. A shelter encampment connected nan school’s grounds began astir 2 weeks agone to protestation nan Israel-Hamas war.

Fox News' CB Cotton, Chris Pandolfo and nan Associated Press contributed to this report.