Kenyan police have fueled outrage by tear-gassing schoolchildren who were protesting over a playground.
The children, along with teachers and activists, were demonstrating after the playground was walled off during the holidays, said Boniface Mwangi, who participated in the protest.
The playground, near the Langata Primary School, had reportedly been confiscated for the construction of a parking lot.
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“This is kids’ action,” he said. “They want back their playground and they came back to get their playground.”
The children were set to go back to school Tuesday.
But not without the memory of what Mwangi called “a dark, sad day for Kenya.”
