Kenyan police fired teargas on Monday at children protesting against the seizure of their school playground by a property developer.
According to reports from Kenya, the school authority had written to the government asking for help to stop their land from being taken over by the developer but their letters were not attended to. Seeing that their teachers were helpless, the school children decided to hold a protest in front of their school this morning. Around 40 armed police accompanied by dogs dispersed the protesters by firing tear gas canisters.
Dozens of children were caught in choking clouds of tear gas before being forced to shelter on a pedestrian bridge over the main road to escape the noxious fumes, which caused a stampede. Five of the children have been rushed to the hospital at the moment.
