The University of California, Los Angeles, has been sued over a 2024 mob attack on pro-Palestinian protesters at the height of the US campus protest movement against Israel’s war on Gaza, Reuters reporte, citing a court filing.

“Not a single member of the mob attack was arrested that night, even though police and private security watched from just a few yards away as the attack raged for hours and was broadcast live to millions of people,” the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles superior court, said.

The office of the University of California’s president said the suit was being reviewed and the university rejects violence and “all forms of hate, harassment and discrimination”.

The UCLA police chief who was criticized for the handling of the attack left the campus police department last year.