Four dead after Kenyan forces fire shots, teargas to disperse crowds at Odinga viewing


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  • Thursday, 16 Oct 2025

Mourners stand on a grounded aeroplane and elephant sculptures, after the arrival of the body of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who had been receiving medical treatment in India when he died, outside the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya October 16, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Four people were killed in Kenya's capital Nairobi on Thursday 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, local media reported.

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.

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