Five people were shot dead and 31 wounded on Tuesday during protests in Kenya over proposed tax hikes, an NGO said.
At least five people have been shot dead while treating the injured. Thirty-one people have been injured, the Kenya Medical Association said in a statement.
According to reports, Kenyan police shot dead one protester near parliament Tuesday, a rights group said, with AFP journalists seeing three people lying motionless on the ground as crowds opposed to proposed tax hikes breached barricades to enter the parliamentary complex where a fire erupted.
The mainly Gen-Z-led rallies, which began last week, have caught the government off guard, with President William Ruto saying over the weekend he was ready to talk to the protesters.
But tensions sharply escalated on Tuesday afternoon, as crowds began to throw stones at police and push back against barricades, making their way towards the parliament complex, which was sealed off by police in full riot gear.
