A video posted online appears to show police officers spraying CS gas and using physical force on students staging a sit-in in protest against tuition fees.

The sit-in, which was organised by Warwick for Free Education (WFFE), saw students protesting in the Senate House at the University of Warwick.

But students claimed that two police officers drew Tasers in an effort to remove them from the building and said three people were arrested, i100.co.uk reports.

Photo of warwick student after being CS Sprayed in the face #freeEducation @WarwickFreeEd pic.twitter.com/j8ALyyFExj — Lawrence Green (@LawrenceJGreen) December 3, 2014

‘We weren’t blocking any doors, we were being very peaceful,’ a second year at the university told i100.co.uk.


‘Security started to circle around us and then police turned up. Security told us it was for a separate incident. But then police stepped in.



‘They threw at least two people to the floor and used pepper spray.’

@TomMcArthur Hi, it was drawn but not deployed. The sound is a warning sound. — West Midlands Police (@WMPolice) December 3, 2014

Another student, identified only as Alice, added:

‘I’m pretty shaken up now. They CS-gassed a few people, waving Tasers around. Just very, very violent.’

West Midlands Police confirmed they dealt with an incident of ‘disorder’ at the university’s campus and said on Twitter that a Taser was ‘drawn but not deployed’.