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Police tear gas kids protesting removal of their playground
[MASHABLE] Police in Kenya on Monday tear gassed a group of schoolchildren who were demonstrating against the removal of their school's 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. 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. "We pushed down the wall and accessed the playground ... our aim was to play but we played with teargas," said Holy Dave, founder of an education nonprofit who was with the students at the site in an Instagram post. Posted by: Fred 2015-01-20 |
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