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[WATCH] Rhodes students angry after cops drag peer, fire rubber bullets

| Rhodes University student journalism group Oppidan Press captured video showing a stand-off between police officers & Rhodes students on 28 September 2016.

JOHANNESBURG - Dramatic footage shot by Rhodes University student journalism group Oppidan Press shows police confronting students at the institution, firing rubber bullets at them and dragging a protester on the ground.

Officers opened fire on a group of students with rubber bullets, claiming some of the demonstrators were armed with stones and bottles on Wednesday afternoon.

The video shows a police officer pushing a female student and repeatedly asking her "Why aren't you in class?"

At least 10 students have been arrested and taken to Grahamstown Police Station.

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