Children Hospitalised After Being Tear-gassed In Nairobi

Fifty-three children have been rushed to a hospital in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, after falling unconscious when tear gas was thrown into their class by police during protests.

Eagle Nursing Home hospital owner Dr Aron Shikuku told the BBC they have been able to stabilise the children who have been at the hospital for about four hours.

There have been protests around the country called by the opposition over the rising cost of living.

Two people are reported to have died as protesters stormed a police station and torched it and another man died after a police van was attacked along the Nairobi Expressway in Mlolongo on the outskirts of the city.

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has called off a rally that he was to hold at the Kamukunji grounds in a Nairobi suburb, citing police shootings, assault and harassment of his supporters.

Transport and businesses have been disrupted around the country.

Protesters have resorted to lighting fires on roads, while striking public transport workers engage in activities like football games at bus terminuses, as captured in videos circulating online.

Source: BBC