Policemen beat a protester inside a building during clashes in Nairobi, Kenya May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States condemned on Tuesday the "excessive use of force" by Kenya's security services during a demonstration by opponents of the electoral oversight body, the embassy said.
Police beat some demonstrators with batons and kicked others on Monday after firing teargas and water cannon to disperse a crowd outside the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. Some demonstrators threw stones at police.
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