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Melissa Chemam with RFI

Violence erupts in Kenya as 'goons' attack protesters over death in police custody

Demonstrators near a burning motorbike during a protes in Nairobi, Kenya, on 17 June 2025. AFP - SIMON MAINA

Hundreds of men armed with whips and clubs, known locally as 'goons', attacked groups of protesters in Kenya on Tuesday. The demonstrations were sparked by the recent death of a man while in police custody. According to reports, one person was killed during Tuesday’s unrest, and a Kenyan police officer has since been arrested in connection with the shooting.

One person was killed in the Kenyan capital on Tuesday during protests, according to a witness,cited in Reuters news agency, who reported seeing the body of a man lying on the ground with a bleeding head wound. The cause of the fatal injury was not immediately clear.

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