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By Editorial,
Huge crowds of mourners in Kenya fled screaming after police fired gunshots and tear gas in a stadium where they had gathered to see the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Several people at the arena, located in the capital Nairobi, were reportedly injured in the chaos as security officers sought to disperse the surging crowds.
It is not yet clear whether the police were using live ammunition or rubber bullets.
Odinga’s body was flown back from India, where he died yesterday morning. Thousands of supporters had earlier travelled to the country’s main airport to receive the coffin, in an outpouring of grief that forced a brief halt to flights. End