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Massachusetts College Student Taken into Custody for Alleged Support of Hamas

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A Tufts University international graduate student was taken into custody by federal authorities in Massachusetts Tuesday evening. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said Turkish national Rumeysa Ozturk “engaged in activities in support of Hamas,” but did not provide details about her alleged activities. 

A DHS spokesperson told CBS News on Wednesday that she is being held at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in central Louisiana.

In an email to campus, Tufts University President Sunil Kumar said Ozturk was apprehended “outside an off-campus apartment building in Somerville.”

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