Seventeen hospitalised in Kenya after stampede at Odinga funeral - source


Mourners escort a military vehicle carrying the body of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga who had been receiving treatment in India when he died, in Nairobi, Kenya October 16, 2025. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Seventeen people were treated for injuries at Nairobi's Kenyatta Hospital on Friday after a stampede at the state funeral of opposition leader Raila Odinga, a source at the hospital told Reuters.

(Reporting by Giulia Paravicini, writing by Ammu Kannampilly, editing by Silvia Aloisi)

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