Death Toll from Kenya Poll Violence Rises to Three

 

 

At least three people were shot dead Thursday as opposition protests sparked violence during Kenya's presidential re-run, according to police and hospital sources.

 

One man died after being shot in the forehead in Nairobi's Mathare slum, Drugnet hospital director Dickens Osimb told a reporter, while a second death was confirmed in Homa Bay in western Kenya, a police statement said. 

 

Earlier, police and hospital sources confirmed a 19-year-old had been shot dead in Kisumu, also in the west.