‘Shoot their legs': Kenya's President Ruto rails against looters
Kenyan President William Ruto said anyone looting or vandalising businesses should be shot in their legs and dealt with by the courts afterwards. These were his first remarks after Monday's anti-government protests in which at least 31 people were killed.
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