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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Evelyne Musambi

Police fire tear gas at thousands of mourners at former Kenyan PM Raila Odinga's public viewing

Police in Kenya fired tear gas Thursday at thousands of mourners at a public viewing of the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, an influence politician who died a day earlier in India.

The mourners filled a 60,000-capacity football stadium in the capital after escorting the body on foot from the country’s main airport, 18 miles (29 kilometers) away. Tensions rose when they breached the presidential pavilion, prompting police officers to fire tear gas.

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