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Kenyan Police Shoot Teargas Canister at Activist Boniface Mwangi

Human rights activist Boniface Mwangi was hit in the chest by a teargas canister at "point-blank" range, as officers dispersed the #StopKillingUs protesters in Nairobi despite a court order removing a government ban on demonstrations.

Boniface Mwangi

Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi says he was "carrying a giant, dummy bullet" with the words #StopKillingUs when a police pushed him and "then fired to my chest, point blank!".

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