Pro-Palestinian protesters march outside Met Gala event, several arrested

Pro-Palestine protesters marched outside the Met Gala as celebrities headed to the annual fundraising event held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institut in New York City. Several of these demonstrators, carrying banners with slogans saying “No Met Gala While Bombs Drop in Gaza”, were arrested.

The New York City Police Department confirmed the arrests, but did not mention the specific number of people taken into custody on Monday night.

Earlier in the evening, a small group of protesters gathered in Central Park with cardboard banners saying “No Celebration Without Liberation", The New York Times reported.

At the same time, a larger group of protesters made their way along the city's Fifth Avenue, with many of them waving Palestinian flags and chanting “Gaza! Gaza!”.

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