Stampede in Kenya as Slum Residents Surge for Food Aid

Thousands of people surged for food aid in a brief stampede Friday in Kenya's capital, desperate for help as coronavirus restrictions keep them from making a living. Police fired tear gas and injured several people, witnesses said.

People push through a gate and create a stampede in the Kibera slum of Nairobi on April 10.

Photographer: Khalil Senosi/AP
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Nairobi, Kenya (AP) -- Thousands of people surged for food aid in a brief stampede Friday in Kenya's capital, desperate for help as coronavirus restrictions keep them from making a living. Police fired tear gas and injured several people, witnesses said.