Three more people shot dead during anti-Gov't protests
Three more people were on Tuesday killed
during the ongoing nationwide anti-government protests, taking the death toll
since the demonstrations began about a month ago to 53.
During the protests, police continued to use
excessive force while dealing with protesters, opening fire indiscriminately.
One of the deceased was shot dead in Kitengela, Kajiado County, where protests turned
chaotic after police officers lobbed tear gas canisters at the protesters.
Another was killed in the Nairobi Central
Business District, with CCTV footage capturing the death of the protester who
was felled by a police bullet.
During the fracas along Moi Avenue in Nairobi,
police used deadly force on demonstrators, shooting dead one of the youths who
was running away from the protests.
The CCTV footage recorded at 12pm captured
three people running away from the police, but the third one falls down a few
seconds after a police vehicle, which was speeding off, passed near him at top
speed.
The vehicle, which was part other police cars
with blocked number plates, with several police officers, some in plain clothes
and masked up, was speeding up and down the road firing tear gas canisters and
live rounds.
At the same time, several protesters were
injured during the demos, with the Bliss Moi Avenue Hospital attending to at
least 30, some with gunshot wounds. Those who were in critical condition were
rushed to nearby referral hospitals.
At some point, the doctors had to abandon
patients to take cover when police lobbed tear gas canisters inside the health
facility, causing panic.
This as the police, for the first time since
the protests began, used a rare orange powder, to disperse protesters.
The police however say the powder, which some
believed could be toxic, was only meant to itch the protesters with the
colouration used to identify the protesters.
This came as the Ministry of Interior and
National Administration said it had recommended the establishment of the office of the Coroner General to investigate deaths, including those resulting from
police action.
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights
(KNCHR) reported that the Tuesday killings pushed the total number of deaths since the protests began to 53.
The commission also recorded 82 more
injuries, taking the number to 574. There were 77 more arrests, pushing the
tally to 1,201 since the protests began.
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