International student at Tufts taken into federal custody

An international grad student at Tufts University was taken into federal custody Tuesday night outside an off-campus apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts.

The student was identified by her attorney as PhD candidate Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national.

University officials said Wednesday that they had no prior knowledge that this was about to happen, and did not share information with federal authorities…

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