A student allegedly filmed chanting for Gaza to “put Zios in the ground” has been arrested.
The University of Oxford student, 20, was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of inciting racial hatred.
He appears to tell the crowd: “A steadfast and noble resistance in Palestine and in Gaza to look to, to be inspired by and – I don’t want to yap for too long – but a chant that we’ve been workshopping in Oxford that maybe you guys want to join in.
“It goes ‘Gaza, Gaza make us proud, put the Zios in the ground’.”
A Metropolitan Police statement said: “Officers investigating chants filmed at a Palestine Coalition demonstration in central London on Saturday, 11 October, have made an arrest.
“A 20-year-old man was arrested at an address in Oxfordshire on Wednesday, 15 October, on suspicion of inciting racial hatred. He remains in police custody.”
The student is also understood to have been suspended by his university.
A university spokesperson said: “An Oxford University student was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday, 15 October.
“The precise basis for the arrest has not yet been disclosed to the university.
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“While the university cannot comment on individual student cases, it has the power to take immediate and proportionate action including, as appropriate, suspending a student from membership of the university, whenever serious concerns are raised.
“Oxford University is unequivocal: there is no place for hatred, antisemitism or discrimination within our community, and we will always act to protect the safety and dignity of our students.”
The alleged comments were made a day after a ceasefire, the first phase of a peace deal agreed between Israel and Hamas, came into effect in Gaza.
