George Washington University students are continuing their fifth day of pro-Palestinian protests and encampments Monday as police barricades were breached late Sunday night into Monday morning. 

According to a statement from the university, protesters from an encampment adjacent to the campus “breached and dismantled” the barriers used to secure University Yard early Monday morning. The group included nearly 200 protesters from across Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

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