Police called to students' occupation of uni building

The ‘UoM Rent Strike 2023’ group claimed university security staff made ‘false allegations’ they had been assaulted.

- PAUL BRITTON and ETHAN DAVIES

POLICE were called to a University of Manchester campus building being occupied by a group of around 30 students protesting against rent charges.

The university, however, said a ‘group of masked protesters rushed an entrance to gain access to the building’ and also reported injuries had been caused to campus ‘support and security colleagues’ during separate incidents over the weekend.

Photographs released by the group show Greater Manchester Police vans and cars parked up outside the Simon Building on Brunswick Street in Manchester on Sunday night.