{"id":862560,"date":"2025-07-14T21:14:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T02:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/14\/youth-came-out-to-remember-fallen-heroes-but-were-met-with-violence-barricades\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T21:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T02:14:27","slug":"youth-came-out-to-remember-fallen-heroes-but-were-met-with-violence-barricades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/14\/youth-came-out-to-remember-fallen-heroes-but-were-met-with-violence-barricades\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth came out to remember fallen heroes but were met with violence, barricades"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section id=\"main\">\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\"><br \/>\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/assets\/images\/logos\/standard-logo-web.webp\" width=\"402\" height=\"96\" alt=\"The Standard\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"><br \/>\n                                            <\/a>\n                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\" aria-label=\"standardmedia.co.ke\"><br \/>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/assets\/images\/logos\/standard-logo.png\" width=\"230\" height=\"55\" alt=\"The Standard\" preload><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<nav id=\"navbar-light\">\n<\/nav>\n<nav>\n<\/nav>\n<div>\n<div>\n<nav aria-label=\"breadcrumb\">\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/category\/588\/national\"><br \/>\n                                    National<br \/>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.standardmedia.co.ke\/images\/wysiwyg\/images\/xkSVqMDg5l9O1DaDE7jGqigcLxyTFZwXwkjhAm3l.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" alt><figcaption>\n<p><strong>Police use water cannons to disperse protestors in Nairobi, on June 25, 2025. [<\/strong>Collins Oduor, Standard]\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Police officers on Wednesday bombarded protesters in Nairobi with countless tear gas canisters and bullets, in a day that saw the government\u2019s fear of dissent reach hysterical levels. It was a day the government\u2019s horror crystalised into a nightmare in the face of the citizen\u2019s fury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tUncover the stories others won\u2019t tell. 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[Collins Oduor, Standard] Police officers on Wednesday bombarded protesters in Nairobi with countless tear gas canisters and bullets, in a day that saw the government\u2019s fear of dissent reach hysterical levels. 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