UC Berkeley police are asking for the public’s help in identifying 31 suspects they say engaged in violence and vandalism during a riot that broke out when right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was invited to campus to speak last month.

Police released mostly blurry photos of the suspects, both men and women. In many of the images, the suspect’s faces are partly covered with bandannas. Some of the suspects are pictured standing near broken windows, while others are carrying protest signs or speaking into bullhorns.

The Feb. 1 protest at UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza turned violent when hundreds of protesters spilled onto campus to demonstrate against the appearance by Yiannopoulos, the gay conservative former editor of the right-wing Breitbart News, at the student union on Sproul Plaza.

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Yiannopoulos’ speech was canceled when protesters began smashing windows at the student union, tearing down barricades and hurling fireworks and Molotov cocktails. The demonstration spread to city’s streets, where fights broke out, fires were set and more windows of downtown storefronts were smashed.

The destruction resulted in $100,000 damage and police said Thursday they plan to hold responsible “those persons who committed serious acts of violence and vandalism.”

Anyone with information can either email police@berkeley.edu or call at (510) 642-6760 and anonymously at (510) 664-8477.

Sarah Ravani is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: sravani@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @SarRavani