At least five people were killed Friday in confrontations between Kenyan police and supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga as tensions over the disputed presidential election continued.
Kenyan opposition supporters are sprayed with water in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov.17, 2017. One person has been killed in confrontations between Kenyan police and supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga as tensions over the disputed presidential election continue. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Supporters of Kenyan opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition carry a supporter who was fatally shot by police in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. Kenya police used tear gas and water cannon Friday on a large crowd of supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga who gathered to welcome him from a trip overseas. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, wearing white cap as he stands to look out of the car, left, gestures to supporters upon his return in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Police fired live rounds and tear gas to prevent Odinga's convoy from making its way from the airport to Nairobi's main park so he could address supporters after returning from a trip overseas. Legislator Otiende Amollo said his car was shot at by police.
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At least five people were killed Friday in confrontations between Kenyan police and supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga as tensions over the disputed presidential election continued.
Supporters of Kenyan opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition carry a supporter who was fatally shot by police in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. Kenya police used tear gas and water cannon Friday on a large crowd of supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga who gathered to welcome him from a trip overseas. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, wearing white cap as he stands to look out of the car, left, gestures to supporters upon his return in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Police fired live rounds and tear gas to prevent Odinga's convoy from making its way from the airport to Nairobi's main park so he could address supporters after returning from a trip overseas. Legislator Otiende Amollo said his car was shot at by police.
Kenyan opposition supporters follow leader Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance (NASA) upon his return in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition gestures to supporters upon his return in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Police said five people were killed by mobs that stoned them to death when they were caught stealing during the confrontations. But mortuary attendants and eyewitnesses said police shot them.
Kenyan opposition supporters follow leader Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance (NASA) upon his return in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov.17, 2017. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Kenya riot police chase and prepare to strike a supporter of Kenyan opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
An Associated Press photographer took pictures of a man shot while carrying water in a jerry can. The photographer also took photos of four bodies that appeared to have bullet wounds.
A supporter of Kenyan opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition lies on the road after being fatally wounded by police in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. One person has been killed in confrontations between Kenyan police and supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga as tensions over the disputed presidential election continue. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
A Kenya riot police holds his gun ready to fire in the air to disperse supporters of the Kenyan opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, in Nairobi, in Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
Odinga had been speaking in the United States and Britain about Kenya's political turmoil following a court-nullified presidential election and the fresh vote last month. Odinga, whose claim of electoral fraud led the Supreme Court to nullify President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election in August, boycotted the new vote, saying reforms had not been made.
Kenyan opposition supporters are spayed with water in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov.17, 2017. (AP Photo)
A Kenyan opposition supporter throw stone at police during running battles in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov.17, 2017. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Kenyatta's win last month is being challenged at the Supreme Court by activists and a politician amid claims of irregularities. The court will make a decision Monday.
A police officer loads his gun to fire tear gas on Uhuru Highway, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov.17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
People run for safety on the main Uhuru Highway as police fire tear gas Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
Youth who accused police of stopping them on a main highway from going to the airport to greet Odinga threw stones at officers. The confrontations were aired on live television.
Opposition supporters are engulfed in tear gas on the Uhuru Highway, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov.17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
A motor bike rider avoids trouble as people run for safety on main Uhuru Highway as police fire tear gas Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
Rights activists condemned the police actions, accusing officers of taking sides in the political crisis and violating the constitution by preventing opposition supporters from assembling.
People run for safety on the main Uhuru Highway as police fire tear gas, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
People run for safety on main Uhuru Highway as police fire tear gas Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
A woman runs for safety on the main Uhuru Highway as police fire tear gas Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
"In the face of this shameful police brutality and serious violations of human rights to life and physical security, the Uhuru Kenyatta government has remained mute and at times cheered the police on and made alarming statements in support of horrifying police actions," rights activist Ndungu Wainaina said.
A police officer directs people to use other road as police cordon Uhuru Park, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov.17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)People are caught in tear gas on the main Uhuru Highway as police fire tear gas Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)Clouds of tear gas drift over cars on the main Uhuru Highway, Nairobi, Kenya, as police fire tear gas Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
A police officer directs people to use other road as police cordon Uhuru Park, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov.17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)People are caught in tear gas on the main Uhuru Highway as police fire tear gas Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)Clouds of tear gas drift over cars on the main Uhuru Highway, Nairobi, Kenya, as police fire tear gas Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
Police warned earlier this week they would not allow a ceremony to welcome Odinga back from speaking engagements abroad. Opposition legislators had urged supporters come out "more than 1 million strong."
A supporter of Kenyan opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition lies on the road after being shot dead by police in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Kenyan opposition supporters follow leader Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance (NASA) upon his return in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition gestures to supporters upon his return in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Police said five people were killed by mobs that stoned them to death when they were caught stealing during the confrontations. But mortuary attendants and eyewitnesses said police shot them.
A Kenyan riot police lorry is seen after being smashed by opposition supporters in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov.17, 2017. (AP Photo)
Kenyan opposition supporters follow leader Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance (NASA) upon his return in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov.17, 2017. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Kenya riot police chase and prepare to strike a supporter of Kenyan opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
An Associated Press photographer took pictures of a man shot while carrying water in a jerry can. The photographer also took photos of four bodies that appeared to have bullet wounds.
The death toll may be higher. Around the same time the photographer saw the bodies, attendants at the city morgue told the AP another body had been brought in with bullet wounds from the confrontation.
Police spray tear gas on supporters of the Kenyan opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
A supporter of Kenyan opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition lies on the road after being fatally wounded by police in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. One person has been killed in confrontations between Kenyan police and supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga as tensions over the disputed presidential election continue. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
A Kenya riot police holds his gun ready to fire in the air to disperse supporters of the Kenyan opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, in Nairobi, in Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
Odinga had been speaking in the United States and Britain about Kenya's political turmoil following a court-nullified presidential election and the fresh vote last month. Odinga, whose claim of electoral fraud led the Supreme Court to nullify President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election in August, boycotted the new vote, saying reforms had not been made.
Supporters of the Kenyan opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition holds banners with the image of Raila Odinga prior to his arrival, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
Kenyan opposition supporters are spayed with water in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov.17, 2017. (AP Photo)
A Kenyan opposition supporter throw stone at police during running battles in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov.17, 2017. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Kenyatta's win last month is being challenged at the Supreme Court by activists and a politician amid claims of irregularities. The court will make a decision Monday.
A police cordon ringed Uhuru Park where Odinga had been expected to address supporters. Police used tear gas on people walking in groups toward the park.
Kenyan opposition supporter throw stones at riot police in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov.17, 2017. (AP Photo)
A police officer loads his gun to fire tear gas on Uhuru Highway, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov.17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
People run for safety on the main Uhuru Highway as police fire tear gas Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
Youth who accused police of stopping them on a main highway from going to the airport to greet Odinga threw stones at officers. The confrontations were aired on live television.
"This is a reckless, insensitive and primitive response to a crisis Uhuru Kenyatta himself has created," Odinga said in a statement that condemned attacks on his supporters.
Kenyan plain clothed officers arrest two opposition supporters on Uhuru Highway, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
Opposition supporters are engulfed in tear gas on the Uhuru Highway, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov.17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
A motor bike rider avoids trouble as people run for safety on main Uhuru Highway as police fire tear gas Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
Rights activists condemned the police actions, accusing officers of taking sides in the political crisis and violating the constitution by preventing opposition supporters from assembling.
The nullification of Kenya's August election was the first time a court in Africa had overturned a presidential vote. At least 70 people have died in political unrest since then, the majority opposition demonstrators shot by police during protests.
Police condon off Uhuru Park to prevent opposition supporters from entering the park, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
People run for safety on the main Uhuru Highway as police fire tear gas, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
People run for safety on main Uhuru Highway as police fire tear gas Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
A woman runs for safety on the main Uhuru Highway as police fire tear gas Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
"In the face of this shameful police brutality and serious violations of human rights to life and physical security, the Uhuru Kenyatta government has remained mute and at times cheered the police on and made alarming statements in support of horrifying police actions," rights activist Ndungu Wainaina said.
A police officer directs people to use other road as police cordon Uhuru Park, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov.17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)People are caught in tear gas on the main Uhuru Highway as police fire tear gas Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)Clouds of tear gas drift over cars on the main Uhuru Highway, Nairobi, Kenya, as police fire tear gas Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
A police officer directs people to use other road as police cordon Uhuru Park, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov.17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)People are caught in tear gas on the main Uhuru Highway as police fire tear gas Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)Clouds of tear gas drift over cars on the main Uhuru Highway, Nairobi, Kenya, as police fire tear gas Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
A police officer directs people to use other road as police cordon Uhuru Park, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Nov.17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)People are caught in tear gas on the main Uhuru Highway as police fire tear gas Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)Clouds of tear gas drift over cars on the main Uhuru Highway, Nairobi, Kenya, as police fire tear gas Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
