Two people killed in Kenya's stampede at Odinga funeral- aid group


A helicopter flies over mourners to disperse the crowd, after the arrival of the body of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who had been receiving medical treatment in India when he died, in Nairobi, Kenya October 16, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Two people were killed and almost 200 people were injured in a stampede at a stadium in Kenya's capital Nairobi where a state funeral for former opposition leader and prime minister Raila Odinga was underway on Friday, Doctors Without Borders said in a statement.

(Reporting by Ammu Kannampilly, writing by Silvia Aloisi)

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