Students told reporters they feared the worst — a terrorist attack — when the crowd started to panic amid the medical emergency.
About 30 people were hurt at the “unity with Israel” event at the University of Florida on Monday night. | Wilfredo Lee/APTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Dozens of students were trampled earlier this week during a candlelight vigil supporting Israel at the University of Florida after a woman fainted at the event.
“This appears to be a misinterpretation by event participants who were already in a heightened state of alert, given the circumstances surrounding the vigil,” Linda J. Stump-Kurnick, University of Florida’s police chief, said in a statement Tuesday. University of Florida campus police believe there was “no foul play or malicious intent” at the root of the Monday incident after investigating reports of a “loud sound” that was unable to be confirmed. About 30 people were hurt at the “unity with Israel” event and treated by first responders or at a nearby hospital, the local In the aftermath, the street was littered with clothes, shoes and peoples’ belongings and the hospitals were crowded with injured demonstrators, according to reports.
“It was a moving and beautiful evening,” leaders of Chabad UF and Hillel UF said in a combined statement.
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