Violence breaks out between Donald Trump supporters and student groups at UK University

A tense atmosphere at Manchester Union Bar led to students physically fighting towards the end of US election night

Manchester student union was said to be packed out with students from across the city for election night event (W H Harding Photography)

A US election night event hosted by Manchester Student Union had to be shut down after violent clashes broke out between Donald Trump supporters and other student groups.

Students from across the city's four universities had gathered in the Manchester University union bar to watch live coverage of the Republican party candidate winning the presidential election overnight.

The union was forced to close before the result was called, however, after physical fights broke out with a number of people reportedly wearing “Make American Great Again” caps.

Manchester student newspaper The Mancunion, who were live-tweeting the election, wrote at 6:37am: “Fights have broken out in the @ManchesterSU bar meaning they've had to close the event we were covering down there”.

They have since reported that the incident occurred between a Trump supporter and group of Clinton supporters, with punches and drinks thrown in the process.

A student was also apparently told that if they shouted "build the wall" one more time, they would be asked to leave the event.

The incident comes amid a series of protests across the US and UK over the new presidential result.

Manchester Student Union said in a statement: “At around 06:45 this morning the Union Bar was closed due to an incident.

“This is currently under investigation and therefore we will not be saying any more at this present time.”