Violet groups of Makerere University students on Monday staged a fight with the police and in the process four police men were injured and dozens of students arrested.

The police had gone to Makerere University to curb the students strike at the university’s main campus. The students were protesting against a new internship policy.

The Police used tear gas, batons and rubber bullets to disperse the students who had started destroying university property.

The students staged the fourth strike in a period of less than two weeks after the university Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs), Prof. Lillian Tibatemwa failed to address the students about the new policy.

The students attempted to burn the university’s main building. This is when the police swung into action and fired tear gas and rubber bullets. The students responded to the police brutality by throwing stones and in the process some policemen were injured.