University of Nairobi students threw rocks at police in Kenya's capital as authorities fired back with tear gas in running battles that didn't end until police cornered students in a campus building and fired dozens of rounds of tear gas inside.
A University of Nairobi student suffering from the effects of tear gas surrenders to policeReuters
Students were demonstrating against a proposed increase in university fees. Several hours into the back-and-forth exchanges, police chased the students into university classrooms and fired tear gas inside.
Some people tried to leave the gas-filled rooms with their hands up but police chased them back inside, sometimes beating them with batons.
Protesting students advance towards Kenyan riot police outside the universityAFPA Kenyan riot policeman points a gun at students outside the universityAFPKenyan riot police fire tear gas at students outside the University of Nairobi after rocks were thrown at themAFPPhotojournalists run away as a flare explodes during a protest against the planned hiking of fees and lowering of maximum loan awarded to students by the Higher Education Loans BoardReutersA University of Nairobi student attempts to climb through a broken glass door after police released tear gas into lecture rooms to disperse studentsReutersStudents cry after police released tear gas to disperse them inside their lecture rooms at the University of NairobiReutersKenyan riot police clash with students inside a classroom at the University of Nairobi. The students were protesting against a controversial fee increase. Police fired tear gas fired and forced their way inside the university to arrest studentsAFPRiot police beat students with batons as they chase them out of a room at the University of NairobiReutersA girl falls to her knees as she is hit with a batonAFPAFPRiot police detain University of Nairobi students who were rioting in Kenya's capitalReuters
