At least five people were killed in Nairobi when Kenyan police fired bullets and teargas at Muslims demanding the release of a radical Jamaican cleric.
Abdullah al-Faisal is on a global terror list and served four years in jail in Britain for inciting racial hatred before being deported. He has been in Kenyan custody since last week after the authorities failed in an attempt to deport him.
“Five people have died, some of them have been shot and there are those with other injuries but we cannot really tell who shot them because some of the protesters were armed and were shooting at our officers,” said a police officer. Crowds of bystanders joined the clashes by throwing rocks at the Muslims.