How Gen Z protesters were abducted, extorted by armed hooded men

 

Hooded Police officers in plain clothes remove road barricades along Outer Ring Road in Pipeline Estate during violent antigovernment protest that saw locals and police engage in push and pull on July 23, 2024. [File, Standard]

They arrived in unmarked cars with faces concealed behind masks. In broad daylight, without a word, they would snatch young Kenyans off the streets, from their estates or homes, and vanish with them. What followed were hours of terror, confusion, and desperate pleas for survival.