“Many Dead” As Kenya Forces Fire Gunshots, Tear Gas To Disperse Crowds At Raila Odinga’s Funeral |4K

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At least four people were killed in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, after security forces fired shots and teargas to disperse huge crowds at a stadium where the body of deceased opposition leader Raila Odinga was lying in state. With thousands of his supporters on the streets from early morning, chaos erupted when a huge crowd breached a gate of Nairobi’s main stadium, prompting soldiers to fire in the air. After security forces fired shots, police lobbed tear gas to disperse thousands of mourners, Odinga, a major figure for decades in Kenyan politics who was once a political prisoner and ran unsuccessfully for president five times, died on Wednesday aged 80 in India, where he had been receiving medical treatment. n18oc_crux