NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan police fired teargas at protesters in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said, after the death in custody of a blogger cast a spotlight on alleged extrajudicial killings by security forces.

Kenyan police have shot an apparent bystander at close range during the latest protests over the killing of a blogger in custody earlier this month

A demonstration over the death of blogger Albert Ojwang in police custody turned violent Tuesday with police in riot gear facing protesters in downtown Nairobi, Kenya.