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The Guardian - UK
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Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi

‘Shoot them in the leg’: Kenyan president’s anti-protest rhetoric hardens as death toll rises

A protester lifts a Kenyan flag during demonstrations on Saba Saba day (7 July) on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya.
A protester waves a Kenyan flag during demonstrations on Saba Saba day, 7 July, in Nairobi. Photograph: Michel Lunanga/Getty Images

Kenya’s president, William Ruto, has ordered police to shoot protesters targeting businesses in the legs, in a sharp intensification of his rhetoric days after 31 people were killed in nationwide anti-government demonstrations.

“They shouldn’t kill them but they should shoot their legs so they break and they can go to hospital on their way to court,” Ruto said in the capital, Nairobi.

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