Police in Kenya on Monday tear gassed a group of schoolchildren who were demonstrating against the removal of their schools playground by powerful politician. A group of students from Langata Road Primary School — between the ages of six and 14 and clad in their green and blue school uniforms — pushed down a wall erected around their playground. It was acquired by a private developer said to be a powerful politician, according to Boniface Mwangi, a Kenyan photojournalist at the scene. The children eventually toppled the wall. Moments later, however, police shot tear-gas canisters into the crowd, sending the children scrambling. Local TV footage showed children writhing in pain, screaming and choking because of the tear gas. One child cried as a man poured water into his eyes while another child was carried away from the scene.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 06:45:38 +0000
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