College professor charged in Jewish man’s death at Israel-Palestine protest

Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji charged with involuntary manslaughter of Paul Kessler, who died from head injury at LA demonstration

A college professor was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter and battery in connection with the death of a Jewish protester following an altercation at a protest over the Israel-Hamas war in southern California.

Authorities said on Thursday that Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, 50, personally inflicted great bodily injury" on Paul Kessler, 69, during a confrontation at a demonstration in Thousand Oaks, a suburb north-west of Los Angeles.