Microsoft Corp. activist employees and supporters were detained by police after returning to the company’s headquarters for a second day to demand that the software maker sever business ties with the Israeli military.

Worker-led protests erupted at Microsoft headquarters this week as the tech company promises an “urgent” review of the Israeli military's use of its technology during the ongoing war in Gaza. A second day of protests at the Microsoft campus on Wednesday called for the tech giant to immediately cut its business ties with

Protesters started gathering Tuesday afternoon at a plaza at the center of a recently redeveloped portion of the company's main campus in Redmond.