Scores [100] dead in Kenya poll clashes

[General Duke]

Scores dead in Kenya poll clashes

 

An injured demontsrator in Nairobi's Kibera slum is guarded by riot police

 

About 100 people have been killed across Kenya in violence blamed on the disputed presidential election.

A BBC reporter at a mortuary in the opposition stronghold of Kisumu saw about 40 bodies with gunshot wounds. A witness said police had opened fire.

 

There were running battles in Nairobi slums, and violence was reported in the coastal town of Mombasa.

 

Mwai Kibaki was officially re-elected president while Raila Odinga says he was robbed of victory by voting fraud.

 

 

See how the vote was split around the country

Mr Odinga has called for a million-strong rally by supporters in Nairobi on Thursday.

 

 

 

 

'Bodies laid out on floor'

'I chartered a plane to flee'

Voters' views

Defiance under fire

 

Police banned his supporters from holding a mass alternative inauguration ceremony in the centre of the capital on Monday, a day after Mr Kibaki was sworn into office again.

 

In his New Year's message, the president urged reconciliation but warned that his government would "deal decisively with those who breach the peace".

 

On Sunday, Washington congratulated President Kibaki on his victory, but a state department official declined on Monday to repeat these congratulations when asked by reporters.

 

The US Ambassador to Nairobi, Michael Ranneberger, told the BBC there had been serious problems in a minority of constituencies but he said this did not necessarily mean the election had been rigged