Bloody brawl breaks out as agitators protest TPUSA event at UC Berkeley in California

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A bloody combat broke retired adjacent the University of California, Berkeley, connected Monday afternoon, up of a Turning Point USA lawsuit connected campus.

The event, which volition diagnostic Dr. Frank Turek and Rob Schneider, marks the extremity of the "This Is The Turning Point" tour.

It takes spot conscionable 2 months aft TPUSA's laminitis Charlie Kirk was assassinated astatine a field lawsuit successful Utah connected Sept. 10.

The confrontation erupted astatine astir 4:30 PST. During the brawl, 2 men were seen warring each other, 1 of whom had humor gushing from his face.

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Fight breaks retired  extracurricular  TPUSA lawsuit   astatine  UC Berkeley.

A bloody combat erupted Monday day adjacent UC Berkeley conscionable earlier a Turning Point USA event. (Elizabeth Heckman/Fox News Digital)

Video taken by Fox News Digital besides shows a assemblage of agitators gathering astir the fight. Many demonstrators wore keffiyehs and carried signs with left-wing messages.

Local constabulary had trouble containing the agitators and were seen putting connected shield masks and gathering batons. 

Agitators extracurricular  TPUSA lawsuit   astatine  UC Berkeley.

Demonstrators wearing keffiyehs and carrying anti-TPUSA and anti-Charlie Kirk signs surrounded a convulsive altercation earlier the Turning Point USA event. (Elizabeth Heckman/Fox News Digital)

It is chartless however galore participants were arrested oregon injured. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Berkeley Police Department for comment, but did not instantly perceive back.

A spokesperson for UC Berkeley told Fox News Digital that the altercation did not instrumentality spot connected field grounds, and did not elaborate further.

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Dr. Frank Turek, a mentor of Kirk's, spoke with Fox News Digital past week astir the upcoming Berkeley event.

During the interview, Turek said that helium told Kirk that the UC Berkeley halt was the 1 helium wanted to attend.

"If I could spell to immoderate 1 lawsuit with him, it would beryllium that one," the Christian writer said.

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"I wanted to spell to UC Berkeley due to the fact that it is truthful progressive and wide successful their views, and I wanted to supply grounds that Christianity was so true."

This is simply a breaking quality story. Check backmost for updates.

Fox News Digital's Brooke Curto and Kyle Schmidbauer contributed to this report.

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