"Thousands of students protested against alleged police killings in Kenya yesterday, but the demonstration slid into violence, with shops ransacked, journalists beaten and policemen pelted with stones.About 2 000 students from the University of Nairobi and Kenya Polytechnic poured into the centre of the capital, waving placards and chanting "Ali must go!" in reference to controversial police commissioner Hussein Ali.
Witnesses said the numbers had quickly swelled to about 5 000 as slum dwellers, jobless and others joined the fray.
The demonstrators banged on cars, pulled up trees, smashed the windows of restaurants to grab food and drink, and beat half a dozen journalists with sticks. The police who tried to confront a group of protesters were met with a hail of stones."
ORIGINAL SOURCE: Pretoria News
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