Kenya's opposition accused police of killing seven people on Thursday during a second day of clashes with demonstrators protesting against President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election.In the capital Nairobi, and the western towns of Kisumu and Eldoret, police fired teargas and bullets during rallies called by opposition leader Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), but banned by police. More protests are planned on Friday.
Odinga, who accuses Kibaki of stealing victory in the December 27 ballot, said police shot dead seven people in the capital. "Police are shooting innocent civilians at will ... the government has turned this country into a killing field of innocents," he told reporters.
Police had no immediate comment. ODM member of parliament Elizabeth Ongoro Masha said her driver was among those killed by officers who surrounded part of the Mathare slum overnight. "They were targeting people perceived as being group leaders," she told Reuters.