Kenya school children tear gassed over playground
School children from the Lang'ata Road Primary School scramble up a bridge in Nairobi to escape tear gas after police attempted to break up their demonstration against the removal of their school's playground, which was allegedly grabbed by a powerful politician, Jan. 19, 2015.
Children were in the front line of people pulling down a wall erected around the playground.
According to local media the title to the contested site is said to be in the name of Airport View Housing Limited which plans to use the space to build a parking lot for a hotel.
Tear gas used on children protesting playground closure
School children from the Lang'ata Road Primary School attempt to force their way through a gate erected illegally around their school's playground on January 19, 2015 in Nairobi before being tear gassed by police attempting to break up their demonstration.
The children were protesting the removal of their school's playground, which was allegedly grabbed by a powerful politician.
Tear gas used on children protesting playground closure
Nairobi face police as they protest after breaking a wall illegally erected around their playground, which was allegedly grabbed by a powerful politician. Children were in the front line of people pulling down a wall erected around the playground, Jan. 19, 2015.
Tear gas used on children protesting playground closure
Kenyan school pupils and activists push down the wall leading to their playground, during a protest against the removal of their school's playground, at the Langata Road Primary School, in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Kenyan police tear-gassed schoolchildren demonstrating against the removal of their school's playground, the land of which has been allegedly grabbed by a powerful politician, according to a Kenyan human rights activist.
Tear gas used on children protesting playground closure
Schoolchildren from the Lang'ata Road Primary School on January 19, 2015 in Nairobi protest after they broke a wall illegally erected around their playground.
Tear gas used on children protesting playground closure
Kenyan school pupils and activists challenge riot police during a protest against the removal of their school's playground, at the Langata Road Primary School, in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Kenyan police tear-gassed schoolchildren demonstrating against the removal of their school's playground, the land of which has been allegedly grabbed by a powerful politician, according to a Kenyan human rights activist.
Tear gas used on children protesting playground closure
Students from Lang'ata Road Primary School run past riot police as they protest against a perimeter wall illegally erected by a private developer around their school's playground in Kenya, Nairobi Jan. 19, 2015.
The playground was fenced off in December, during the school holidays, by a prominent developer who also claims ownership of the land. The title to the contested site is said to be in the name of Airport View Housing Limited, according to local media, with plans to use the space to build a parking lot for a hotel.
Tear gas used on children protesting playground closure
Schoolchildren from the Lang'ata Road Primary School run into their school's playground on January 19, 2015 in Nairobi after breaking a wall illegally erected around it before being tear gassed by police.
Tear gas used on children protesting playground closure
Police teargas schoolchildren from the Lang'ata Road Primary School on January 19, 2015 in Nairobi after they broke a wall illegally erected around their playground.
Tear gas used on children protesting playground closure
Schoolchildren from the Lang'ata Road Primary School flee tear gas in Nairobi after breaking a wall illegally erected around it and being dispersed by police attempting to break up their demonstration, Jan. 19, 2015
Tear gas used on children protesting playground closure
Schoolchildren from the Lang'ata Road Primary School school flee tear gas in Nairobi, Kenya, January 19, 2015.
Tear gas used on children protesting playground closure
Kenyan school pupils hold up a placard brought by activists during a protest against the removal of their school's playground, at the Langata Road Primary School, in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Jan. 19, 2015.
Kenyan police tear-gassed schoolchildren demonstrating against the removal of their school's playground, the land of which has been allegedly grabbed by a powerful politician, according to a Kenyan human rights activist.