Clashes as four bodies found in Nairobi slum

NAIROBI: Clashes erupted in a Nairobi slum on Sunday after four bodies were found in the streets, hiking tensions on the eve of a Supreme Court ruling on the validity of last month’s divisive election re-run.
The bodies of three men and a woman were found in the city’s Mathare slum, one of several flashpoint areas where violence erupted during the disputed October 26 vote which was largely boycotted by the opposition.
The discovery came just two days after three people were shot dead in a nearby suburb during clashes with police which erupted as thousands of opposition supporters turned out for their leader, Raila Odinga.
Nairobi police chief Japheth Koome said that the cause of death was not immediately clear but that the victims appeared to have been hit by a blunt object, while one had also been cut. “Investigations are going on into the killings of the four people in Mathare Area 1,” he said.
“The people were found dead and we want to establish how they were killed,” he said. When the bodies were found, angry residents clashed with police, setting fire to two buses and another vehicle.