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Watch: Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her

A Turkish national who is a doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by federal agents without explanation, her lawyer said on Wednesday. Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, had just left her home in Somerville to meet with friends Tuesday night when she was detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents, lawyer Mahsa Khanbabai said in a petition filed in Boston federal court. Surveillance video obtained by The Associated Press appears to show six people, their faces covered, taking away Ozturk's phone as she yelled and was handcuffed. “We’re the police,” members of the group are heard saying in the video. A man is heard on camera saying, “Why are you hiding your faces?” Khanbabai said that Ozturk was meeting friends for iftar, a meal that breaks a fast at sunset during Ramadan. “We are unaware of her whereabouts and have not been able to contact her. No charges have been filed against Rumeysa to date that we are aware of, Khanbabai said in a statement. Ozturk has a visa allowing her to study in the United States, Khanbabai said. Neighbors said they were left rattled by the arrest, which played out at 5:30 p.m. on a residential block. Tufts University President Sunil Kumar sent out a statement early Wednesday saying the school had received reports that federal authorities had taken an international graduate student into custody and that the student's visa had been terminated. “The university had no pre-knowledge of this incident and did not share any information with federal authorities prior to the event,” Kumar said. Kumar did not name the student, but Tufts University spokesperson Patrick Collins confirmed that Ozturk is a doctoral student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Messages sent to spokespeople for DHS and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency were not immediately returned on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued an order on Tuesday giving the government until Friday to answer why Ozturk was being detained. Talwani also ordered that Ozturk not be moved outside the District of Massachusetts without providing advance notice.