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Stampede in Kenya as slum residents surge for food aid

by Associated Press
| April 10, 2020 7:06 AM

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.

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