{"id":495,"date":"2024-04-22T18:36:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T16:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gazlacrymo.fr\/?p=495"},"modified":"2024-04-22T18:36:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T16:36:38","slug":"kenya-police-tear-gas-primary-school-children-in-playground-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexandersreng.duckdns.org\/lacrymo\/2024\/04\/22\/kenya-police-tear-gas-primary-school-children-in-playground-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"KENYA POLICE TEAR-GAS PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PLAYGROUND PROTEST"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/africaandindianocean\/kenya\/11355297\/Kenya-police-tear-gas-primary-school-children-in-playground-protest.html\">Lien vers l&rsquo;article<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Children as young as eight choke as tear gas canisters are fired by police at protest over seizure of their school playground<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>AFP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2:45PM GMT 19 Jan 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/africaandindianocean\/kenya\/11355570\/Watch-Kenya-school-children-tear-gassed-in-playground-protest.html\"><strong>Kenyan police fired tear gas at children as young as eight protesting on Monday<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;against the seizure of their school playground by a property developer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 100 primary school children and a small group of activists pushed over a newly built wall that separated playing fields and the school buildings, close to the capital Nairobi&rsquo;s main domestic airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The majority of the children were aged between eight and 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 40 armed police accompanied by dogs dispersed the protesters by firing tear gas canisters, an AFP photographer at the scene said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/africaandindianocean\/kenya\/11512874\/Kenya-university-attack-president-praying-for-hostages-and-victims.html\">Kenya in shock after university siege<\/a>&nbsp;03 Apr 2015<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/africaandindianocean\/kenya\/11324868\/Kenyan-building-collapse-kills-oneothes-trapped.html\">Kenyan building collapse kills one, others trapped<\/a>&nbsp;04 Jan 2015<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/africaandindianocean\/kenya\/11301511\/Scuffles-and-fighting-breaks-out-inside-Kenyan-Parliament.html\">Brawl breaks out inside Kenyan Parliament<\/a>&nbsp;18 Dec 2014<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/africaandindianocean\/kenya\/11281683\/Samantha-Lewthwaite-t-shirts-go-on-sale-on-Amazon.html\">Samantha Lewthwaite t-shirts go on sale on Amazon<\/a>&nbsp;09 Dec 2014<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/africaandindianocean\/kenya\/11279931\/Watch-Huge-python-eats-an-impala-in-Kenya.html\">Watch: Huge python eats an gazelle in Kenya<\/a>&nbsp;08 Dec 2014<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/africaandindianocean\/kenya\/11276063\/ICC-drops-case-against-Kenyas-president-as-country-failed-to-cooperate-with-criminal-investigation.html\">ICC drops case against Kenya&rsquo;s president as country &lsquo;failed to cooperate&rsquo; with criminal investigation<\/a>&nbsp;05 Dec 2014<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Children screamed as police officers in riot gear and waving truncheons pushed them back, some panicking as they sought water to wash their burning eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least five children received medical treatment while one policeman was wounded, seen with blood pouring down beneath his riot helmet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A senior police officer at the demonstration, Mwangi Kuria, told Kenya&rsquo;s Daily Nation newspaper that officers had been deployed to \u00ab\u00a0safeguard the property\u00a0\u00bb, adding that rocks had been thrown at his men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0This is disputed land, but they should not use the children,\u00a0\u00bb Kuria was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two activists were detained by police, Kenyan media said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macharia Njeru, chairman of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority, said the incident would be investigated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0Tear-gassing children is inexcusable,\u00a0\u00bb he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Renowned activist Boniface Mwangi said a \u00ab\u00a0school playground is a necessity, not a privilege.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the children carried placards protesting against the alleged land grab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0Kenya: the land of shameless grabbers,\u00a0\u00bb read one, with others pleading for government to fight corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0Shame!\u00a0\u00bb read another. \u00ab\u00a0Grabber, you won&rsquo;t live forever.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident sparked angry reactions on social media, including Twitter, where comments used the hashtag \u00ab\u00a0\u00a3OccupyPlayGround\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0Shame on the government for assaulting children with tear gas to protect the corrupt,\u00a0\u00bb politician and former presidential hopeful Martha Karua said on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday was the first school day since the wall was built during the holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nairobi, a city of more than three million people, is rapidly growing and land prices are rising at some of the fastest rates anywhere on the continent, according to real estate experts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lien vers l&rsquo;article Children as young as eight choke as tear gas canisters are fired by police at protest over seizure of their school playground AFP 2:45PM GMT 19 Jan 2015 Kenyan police fired tear gas at children as young as eight protesting on Monday&nbsp;against the seizure of their school playground by a property developer. &hellip; 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