"At least two people were killed on Thursday, after police in Kenya fired on mourners who had turned out in the tens of thousands to get a glimpse of the coffin of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga. Odinga died on Wednesday at 80 years old after he collapsed during a morning walk at a hospital in India's Kerala state. A former prime minister, Odinga was one of Kenya's foremost statesmen."
"Thousands of mourners briefly stormed Nairobi's international airport, interrupting a ceremony for President William Ruto and other officials to receive Odinga's body with military honours. Crowds also flooded nearby roads and tried to breach parliament, where the government had originally scheduled the public viewing. A 60,000-capacity football stadium was full of mourners when security forces fired live rounds in the air in an attempt at crowd control."
Kenyan security forces fired live rounds into the air to control tens of thousands of mourners gathered for the public viewing of Raila Odinga. At least two people were killed after police fired on mourners who had come to glimpse Odinga's coffin. Odinga, 80, died after collapsing during a morning walk at a hospital in Kerala, India. A former prime minister, Odinga was a leading statesman in Kenya. Large crowds briefly stormed Nairobi's international airport, disrupting a ceremony to receive his body with military honours. Crowds flooded nearby roads and attempted to breach parliament, where the public viewing had been scheduled.
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