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³Ò³ó²¹²Ô²¹¡¯²õ Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has been shut after student protests at the institution turned violent.

The demonstrations erupted after 11 students were arrested at an end-of-week ¡°jamboree¡±, a regular student party that had recently been banned by the university.

Students described the institution¡¯s response as ¡°heavy-handed¡± and accused the university¡¯s security and management of brutality, the .

Demonstrations against the arrests turned violent, with students boycotting lectures,?mounting roadblocks?and vandalising property.

Students were told to leave the campus, although international students have reportedly been given a protected space at the institution. The local Ashanti Regional Security Council has ordered the university to close down indefinitely.

anna.mckie@timeshighereducation.com