Kenya rights group: 37 killed in protests after August elections

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Mon, 09 Oct 2017 - 09:49 GMT

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Reuters

Mon, 09 Oct 2017 - 09:49 GMT

A supporter of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga carries a banner and shouts slogans as others run along a street in Humura neighbourhood, in Nairobi, Kenya August 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Thomas Mukoya.

A supporter of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga carries a banner and shouts slogans as others run along a street in Humura neighbourhood, in Nairobi, Kenya August 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Thomas Mukoya.

NAIROBI - 9 Oct 2017 : At least 37 people were killed in three days of protests following disputed national elections in Kenya on Aug. 8, a Kenya rights group said on Monday, the highest figure yet given for deaths over the period.

Some deaths were "attributed to police using live bullets and a few from police bludgeoning using clubs," said the government-backed Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.

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