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Protesting Students Trap Regents Inside Building At UCLA

Christina Heller

Story Created: Nov 19, 2009 at 4:02 PM PDT

Story Updated: Nov 19, 2009 at 6:07 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Some University of California regents who approved a student fee increase are trapped inside a UCLA building as protesters block the exits.

The demonstrators are being confronted Thursday by lines of baton-wielding campus police, California Highway Patrol officers and metal barriers.

University spokesman Phil Hampton says chains of demonstrators have linked arms to block the exits. One person inside the building says they've been held there for two hours. It is unclear how many regents remain inside.

Hampton says he can't confirm any injuries, although television footage shows one person was treated after being sprayed by an unknown substance.

Hundreds of protesters have marched at the campus for the past two days to oppose $2,500 in undergrad fee hikes through fall of next year.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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