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In photos: Kenya Election Violence

By M&C News Jan 2, 2008, 14:38 GMT

A man with a club and a machete raises his arms in triumph as a mob ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict errupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 2 January, 2008. At least 260 people have killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on Sunday, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenyas disputed polls.  EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A man with a club and a machete raises his arms in triumph as a mob ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict errupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 2 January, 2008. At least 260 people have killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on Sunday, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenya's disputed polls. EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A man tries to kick down a structure as a fire rages in the the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict errupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January, 2008. At least 260 people have killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on Sunday, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenyas disputed polls.  EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A man tries to kick down a structure as a fire rages in the the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict errupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January, 2008. At least 260 people have killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on Sunday, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenya's disputed polls. EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A boy shows police where the attackers who set houses and businesses on fire have fled as a fire rages in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict errupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January, 2008. At least 260 people have killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on Sunday, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenyas disputed polls.  EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A boy shows police where the attackers who set houses and businesses on fire have fled as a fire rages in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict errupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January, 2008. At least 260 people have killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on Sunday, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenya's disputed polls. EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A woman begs a policeman to escort her home as a mob attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January, 2008. At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenyas disputed polls.  EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A woman begs a policeman to escort her home as a mob attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January, 2008. At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenya's disputed polls. EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A policeman escorts terrified residents away from a mob which ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January, 2008.  At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenyas disputed polls.  EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A policeman escorts terrified residents away from a mob which ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January, 2008. At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenya's disputed polls. EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A policeman calls for re-enforcements as a fire rages in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January, 2008. At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenyas disputed polls.  EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A policeman calls for re-enforcements as a fire rages in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January, 2008. At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenya's disputed polls. EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A man with two small children flees a mob which ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict errupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January, 2008. At least 260 people have killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on Sunday, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenyas disputed polls.  EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A man with two small children flees a mob which ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict errupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January, 2008. At least 260 people have killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on Sunday, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenya's disputed polls. EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A policeman escorts a terrified father and his baby away from a mob which ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January, 2008. At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenyas disputed polls.  EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A policeman escorts a terrified father and his baby away from a mob which ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January, 2008. At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenya's disputed polls. EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A man holds a portrait the opposition leader Raila Odinga as a mob ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January 2008. EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A man holds a portrait the opposition leader Raila Odinga as a mob ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January 2008. EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

Police come to the aid of a man who lays bleeding from the head, arms and hands in the road after a mob ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January 2008.  At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenyas disputed polls.  EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

Police come to the aid of a man who lays bleeding from the head, arms and hands in the road after a mob ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January 2008. At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenya's disputed polls. EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A man lays bleeding from the head, arms and hands in the road after a mob ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January 2008.  At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenyas disputed polls.  EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A man lays bleeding from the head, arms and hands in the road after a mob ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January 2008. At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenya's disputed polls. EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

Police come to the aid of a man who lays bleeding from the head, arms and hands in the road after a mob ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January 2008.  At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenyas disputed polls.  EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

Police come to the aid of a man who lays bleeding from the head, arms and hands in the road after a mob ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January 2008. At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenya's disputed polls. EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

epa A paramilitary policeman is seen in front of a mob which ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January, 2008. At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenyas disputed polls.  EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

epa A paramilitary policeman is seen in front of a mob which ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January, 2008. At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenya's disputed polls. EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A policeman peeks around a corner to see if it is safe to escort a terrified resident away from a mob which ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January 2008. At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenyas disputed polls.  EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A policeman peeks around a corner to see if it is safe to escort a terrified resident away from a mob which ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January 2008. At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenya's disputed polls. EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A policemans gun is seen silhouetted in front of a mob which ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January 2008. At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenyas disputed polls.  EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI

A policeman's gun is seen silhouetted in front of a mob which ran riot and attacked people and set houses and businesses on fire in the slum of Mathare after inter-ethnic conflict erupted overnight and into the morning in Nairobi, Kenya on 02 January 2008. At least 260 people have been killed across the country in political and enter-ethnic violence after the election result was announced on 30 December 2007, according to the Red Cross, though the numbers are expected to rise as the violence continues. Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenya's disputed polls. EPA/BONIFACE MWANGI



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