Demonstrations against police violence erupted after 31-year-old Albert Ojwang died in custody.
Hundreds of men on motorbikes, armed with whips and clubs, have attacked protesters in downtown Nairobi while they were demonstrating against alleged extrajudicial killings, following the death of a blogger in police custody.
One person was killed on Tuesday as the assailants violently attacked and dispersed the demonstrators. A Reuters journalist saw the man’s body on the ground with a bleeding head wound. But it was not clear how he had died or who the man was.
The swarm of men on motorbikes could be heard shouting “No protest” in footage shared by local broadcaster NTV.
Amnesty International’s Kenya chapter condemned the attack, writing on X that the “use of militia will escalate confrontation, lawlessness and chaos”.
