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Children tear-gassed in Kenyan protests

Children caught up in Kenyan protests after police threw tear-gas into their classroom have now been released from hospital.

Dr Aron Shikuku from Eagle Nursing Home hospital told Newsday he had treated 53 children. He said they had suffered breathing difficulties and shock.

(Picture: People run from tear gas released by riot police officers during anti-government protests, in Mathare settlement in Nairobi, Kenya on July 12, 2023. Credit: John Muchucha / Reuters.)

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