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Two university staffers were among the 44 anti-Israel protesters
arrested inside the Columbia University building that a mob broke into
and occupied this week, school officials said.

About 30% of those busted in Hamilton Hall Tuesday night were outsiders
with no formal connection to the Ivy League school, according to a press release from Columbia.

“A significant portion of those who broke the law and occupied Hamilton
Hall were outsiders,” the statement released Thursday said.

“The majority were a mix of adults, including graduate students, two employees, and outsiders unaffiliated with Columbia University,” it noted.

The university’s implication that the illegal occupation of the academic building was spearheaded in part by outside actors echoed Mayor Eric
Adams’ insistence that “outside agitators” were radicalizing the city’s college students.

Fourteen of those arrested inside Hamilton Hall were Columbia
undergraduates, while nine were graduate students and two were
employees, the school said.

Six others were students at institutions affiliated with Columbia, the statement added.

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