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Nov 19, 2009 6:00 pm US/Eastern

Protesters Trap University Officials In Calif.

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

The demonstrators were 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.

By next fall, undergraduate fees will be boosted by $2,500, sending the average annual education cost at a UC campus to more than $10,000.

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