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A accommodation worker astatine Columbia University claims to person been temporarily held hostage by anti-Israel protesters aft a mob of anarchists stormed an world building connected nan field and barricaded its doors.
The insurrection began astatine astir 12:30 a.m., erstwhile anti-Israel protesters who had been staying connected nan world section of Columbia's Manhattan campus, wherever astir 120 tents remain, stormed Hamilton Hall, an world building utilized by nan dean. The mob shattered windows, barricaded doors utilizing tables and chairs, and obscured nan windows of nan facility.
The awesome escalation came hours aft Columbia University administrators began suspending students who grounded to time off their encampment.
"They held maine hostage," a accommodation worker who was successful nan building erstwhile nan insurrection began said aft he was allowed to leave, according to nan student newspaper Columbia Spectator.
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A group of Columbia University students formed a quality nexus extracurricular nan iconic Hamilton Hall building amid continued unrest connected nan campus. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The worker exited nan building astatine astir 12:40 a.m., per nan publication.
Members of an anti-Israel mob collapsed into Hamilton Hall early Tuesday morning. (Alex Kent/Getty Images)
Students supporting Palestinians successful Gaza barricaded themselves wrong Hamilton Hall, an world building which has been occupied successful past student movements, connected April 30, 2024, successful New York City. (Alex Kent/Getty Images)
Early Tuesday morning, a mob of hundreds of anti-Israel protesters gained entree soon earlier 1 a.m., and they past began "moving metallic gates to barricade nan doors, blocking entrances pinch woody tables and chairs, and zip-tying doors shut," Columbia Spectator reported.
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Outside nan Columbia University facility, nan anti-Israel rebels, galore of whom wore masks, locked arms successful beforehand of Hamilton Hall to shape a quality barricade.
A personnel of nan attraction unit confronted nan protesters aft he claimed he was held hostage wrong Hamilton Hall connected Tuesday, April 30, 2024, successful New York City. (Alex Kent/Getty Images)
The attraction worker was yet allowed to time off Hamilton Hall. (Alex Kent/Getty Images)
The group besides placed a banner complete nan facility, renaming it "Hind’s Hall," aft Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old who died during Israel’s warfare pinch Hamas successful Gaza.
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The students are demanding 3 things from nan university: divest their financial support of Israel, go much transparent pinch what groups nan assemblage supports, and supply broad amnesty to students who person taken portion successful nan disruptive, weeks-long demonstration.
Anti-Israel protesters utilized furnishings to barricade doors of Hamilton Hall connected April 30, 2024. (Alex Kent/Getty Images)
Demonstrators barricaded themselves wrong Hamilton Hall, an world building which has been occupied successful past student movements, connected April 30, 2024, successful New York City. (Alex Kent/Getty Images)
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The seizure of nan world building comes aft nan assemblage gave a deadline of 2 p.m. Monday for students to time off their encampment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
