50 churchgoers killed as Kenya election violence rages

A mob torched a church sheltering hundreds of people fleeing post-election violence in Kenya today, killing up to 50 people, including many children, as four days of rioting and ethnic clashes marked one of the darkest times in the country’s history.

The church fire in Eldoret, some 185 miles from the capital, Nairobi, killed at least 50 people, said a Red Cross volunteer who counted the bodies and helped the wounded.