A guard at a city shop is nursing injuries after he was attacked by hooligans during Monday’s Opposition protests.
George Owino, a guard at a shop at I$M Building along Kenyatta Avenue in Nairobi, said the hooligans descended on him with kicks and blows as he attempted to hurriedly lock the shop.
Owino, 50, a security guard with ‘A Team Security’, said knowing Monday to be anti-IEBC protest day, he was vigilant so as to protect his client’s property from looters.
“It was at noon and I was outside the shop trying to get a glimpse of what was happening in the city. Meanwhile, I saw a group of about 50 youths moving hurriedly along Kenyatta Avenue shouting as they snatched phones and handbags from passers-by. I entered the shop and notified the shop attendant about the situation outside,” said the guard.
“I decided to lock the shop from outside because the situation was getting out of hand,” he added.
In less than ten minutes, in what appeared like a horror movie, youths armed with rungus and stones surrounded him as he tried to lock the shop.
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