when the fire comes

Live Rounds / Nairobi, Kenya

Live Rounds / Nairobi, Kenya

Live ammunition was used to disperse demonstrators in Nairobi streets due to "a shortage of rubber bullets." Despite news briefings for non-aggressive police action, the rising death toll throughout Kenya reflects questionable methods from the government mandated General Service Unit. Two weeks into the conflict, an independent journalist recorded video footage a GSU soldier firing live ammunition into a crowd at point blank range, killing one and injuring another.

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