Kenya police accused of killing 7 in second day of clashes

KENYAN police battled demonstrators in opposition strongholds with live rounds and tear gas for a second consecutive day yesterday, and the opposition accused police of killing seven protesters.

Opposition leader Raila Odinga said seven had been killed, including a driver for a Kenyan opposition member of parliament who was shot by police as he attempted to leave his house in the Kasarani district, which includes the sprawling Mathare slum, an opposition stronghold. “Six of them were shot by uniformed police officers,” said the MP, Elizabeth Ongoro.

Kenyan police said two people had been shot dead in clashes in Mathare and they had killed two demonstrators in the western opposition stronghold of Kisumu.