Columbia University has suspended more than 65 students for their role in a pro-Palestinian demonstration that forced the shutdown of the main campus library, a school official said on Friday. The students were placed on interim suspension and will be prohibited from taking their final exams or entering campus except to access their dormitories,

The New York Police Department arrested 61 females at Columbia University on Wednesday as anti-Israel agitators stormed the Butler Library.

New York City police took 80 people into custody after responding to protests on Columbia's campus, the police department said.