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At Least 3 Arrested at Chapel Hill Rally Over Confederate Monument Toppling

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At Least 3 Arrested at Chapel Hill Rally Over Confederate Monument Toppling

05:11 GMT 31.08.2018 (Updated: 12:15 GMT 06.08.2022)

© AP Photo / Gerry BroomeIn this Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 file photo, police surround the "Silent Sam" Confederate monument during a protest to remove the statue at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.

In this Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 file photo, police surround the Silent Sam Confederate monument during a protest to remove the statue at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. - Sputnik International

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Three people were arrested late Thursday at the University of North Carolina in the US city of Chapel Hill during a rally over last week's toppling of a Confederate monument on campus, police said.

"UNC-Chapel Hill has reported three arrests and no injuries at the event that took place at the McCorkle Place at the Silent Sam monument," Chapel Hill Police said in a statement on Twitter.

Police stand guard after the confederate statue known as Silent Sam was toppled by protesters on campus at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Aug. 20, 2018 - Sputnik International

WATCH Protesters Topple Confederate Monument at University of North Carolina

21 August 2018, 17:04 GMT

The event, which lasted almost three hours and ended at around 10 p.m., was attended by some 300 supporters and opponents of the monument’s removal, the WFMY television channel said.

Tensions erupted last week over the presence of a one-hundred-year-old monument to the pro-slavery Confederacy on university grounds, leading to its toppling. Four people have reportedly been charged over the incident.