India, March 14 -- As many as 100 people, who had assembled outside Trump Tower in the US city of New York to denounce the detention of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, have been arrested.

The protests happened on Thursday in Manhattan.

The protest, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, began shortly after noon when demonstrators dressed in red shirts that read "Not in our Name" and "Jews Say Stop Arming Israel," crammed into the Tower's iconic golden atrium, reported CNN.

Ninety-eight people were later arrested and 50 were led from the lobby in zip ties and placed into awaiting police vehicles, according to the New York Police Department as quoted by CNN in its report.

No injury or damage to property was reported.

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