{"id":226,"date":"2008-01-18T06:11:16","date_gmt":"2008-01-18T03:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vigilantejournalist.com\/blog\/archives\/226"},"modified":"2012-05-05T17:35:10","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T14:35:10","slug":"door-to-door-raids-and-police-brutality-leave-three-injured-in-kibera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vigilantejournalist.com\/blog\/archives\/226","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Door to Door Raids and Police Brutality Leave Five Injured and one dead in Kibera"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMilitary and police forces harassed residents of Kibera. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes<\/p>\n

Another day of violence in Kibera left one dead and five wounded according to MSF. In the Nairobi slum of Kibera, where I spent the whole day, police used tear gas and live ammunition on protesters. I saw three young men with bullet wounds, two with non-fatal injuries to the thigh area, and one with a bullet wound to the neck. The latter was walking home from work when he was shot, and died from his wounds shortly after I left the hospital.<\/p>\n

The day started with residents of Kibera setting up burning barricades to block police and chanting political slogans, singing and dancing. Then the crowd decided to head to the edge of town to loot the supermarket at which point they were met with 5 large trucks full of police. A long stand off ensued as residents threw rocks and police sent tear gas and opened fire on the protesters. After a few hours, police went in en masse and performed door to door raids, pulling people out of their homes, beating them and breaking down doors. They fired live ammunition in the streets and terrorized men and women on their way home from work. By 6 p.m. all was quiet and three were on their way to hospital with gunshot wounds. A third day of protests is scheduled for tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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\nYouth push around an oil barrel in Kibera. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes<\/p>\n

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\nA youth bangs on an oil barrel with graffiti on it in Kibera. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes<\/p>\n

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\nA man paints a message to police on the ground in Kibera. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes<\/p>\n

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\nA youth sends a stone hurling toward police in Kibera. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes<\/p>\n

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\nYoung men dance and sing political songs in honor of opposition leader Raila Odinga in Kibera. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes<\/p>\n

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\nPeople crouch down to the ground to avoid tear gas in Kibera. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes<\/p>\n

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\nA boy wipes his eyes after taking in a big gust of tear gas in Kibera. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes<\/p>\n

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\nThe owner of a closed chemist shop peers out her window in Kibera. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes<\/p>\n

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\nA boy plays hurt with a rock to display his anger in Kibera. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes<\/p>\n

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\nA man hurls a stone at police in Kibera. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes<\/p>\n

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\nPolice fire tear gas into the crowd of protesters in Kibera. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes<\/p>\n

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\nPolice charge into Kibera en masse. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes<\/p>\n

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\nGirls cry after police tore through their neighborhood breaking in doors and beating people in Kibera. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes<\/p>\n

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\nA woman cries with her children after police tore through their neighborhood breaking in doors and beating people in Kibera. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes<\/p>\n

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\nA policeman kicks in the door of a local bar which has shut down business due to the violence in Kibera. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes<\/p>\n

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\nPolice harass and beat residents of Kibera. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes<\/p>\n

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\nPolice threw a man in a ditch full of sewage in Kibera. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes<\/p>\n

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\nA man by the name of Geoffry (last name unavailable) was shot in the neck as he was walking home from work and later died of his wounds in Kibera. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes<\/p>\n

Military and police forces harassed residents of Kibera. \u00c2\u00a9 Anne Holmes Another day of violence in Kibera left one dead and five wounded according to MSF. In the Nairobi slum...<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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