Officers were filmed launching canisters at pupils of Nairobi’s Langata Primary School who were protesting against the seizure of the school’s playground.
Police officers in Kenya reportedly fired tear gas at children as young as 8 years old during a protest against the seizure of a school's playground on Monday.
School children from Nairobi's Lang'ata Primary School scramble up a bridge on Jan 19. after police fired tear gas at them.
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About 100 children and a small group of activists gathered on the disputed land, which has been seized by a property developer, AFP reported.
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The majority of the children involved in the protest were aged between 8 and 13 years old, AFP said.
Langata Primary schoolchildren brandish signs during the protest.
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The children and activists attempted to push down a newly erected fence separating the playground from the school's buildings, which are located near to the main domestic airport in Nairobi.
Schoolchildren attempt to force their way through a gate erected around Langata School's playground on Jan. 19.
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