Two dead, several wounded in Kenya opposition demos

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NAIROBI (AFP) — Kenyan police fired on opposition protesters Wednesday, killing two and wounding several others, in a crackdown on nationwide rallies against President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election.

The worst violence took place in the western opposition stronghold of Kisumu, the country's third city, when riot police clashed with supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga.

"One man was shot in the back as police were trying to disperse about 1,000 youths who were trying to to gather here," a police commander told AFP, adding that several others had been wounded, one seriously.

He later said another man had died of gunshot wounds in hospital.

Three young supporters of Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) were also wounded when police...