Report: Police kill at least 50 people in Nairobi after August poll results

Residents flee as anti-riot policemen pursue opposition protestors in Mathare, Nairobi, on August 12, 2017 Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

NAIROBI: At least 50 people in the city were killed by the police in who moved quell protests after the August 8 elections, human rights groups have revealed.

A joint report by Police Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch confirmed that police killed at least 33 people, possibly as many as 50, and injured hundreds more in some parts of Nairobi.