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River of Blood Runs in Kenya

Toll up to 69 in latest ethnic violence

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(Newser) – Kenyans were burned alive and hacked to death with machetes as raging ethnic violence in western Kenya claimed another 69 lives in the latest bloodshed since last month's controversial presidential election. Houses were in flames in the tourist getaway of Naivasha today and bodies were stacked up in the morgue in Nakuru, the provincial capital where clashes erupted Thursday and continued through the weekend.

Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan kept up meetings today in an attempt to bring factions together in a bid for peace. He was expected to deliver an agenda for further talks sometime today. The latest deaths raise the toll to nearly 800 killed in ethnic violence and clashes with police since President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner in elections over challenger Raila Odinga. 

Patrick Wanderi, 35, who was attacked with machetes and a metal bar, watches as a doctor prepares local anaesthetic prior to stitching his wounds, as he lies sharing a bed with another wounded man in the hospital in Nakuru, Kenya, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008. Sporadic gunshots sounded Saturday as police...
Patrick Wanderi, 35, who was attacked with machetes and a metal bar, watches as a doctor prepares local anaesthetic prior to stitching his wounds, as he lies sharing a bed with another wounded man in...   (Associated Press)
One month old Elizabeth Nyambunde, right, is held in the arms of a relative whilst her twin sister Sylvia is fed by her mother, both not pictured, at a church where dozens of families who had their houses burned down, or fled for safety, are now living, in Nakuru, Kenya,...
One month old Elizabeth Nyambunde, right, is held in the arms of a relative whilst her twin sister Sylvia is fed by her mother, both not pictured, at a church where dozens of families who had their houses...   (Associated Press)
Kenyan women carrying their furniture, arrive at a church where dozens of families who had their houses burned down, or fled for safety, are now living, in Nakuru, Kenya, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008. Gunfire erupted in the town and young men vowed revenge as the death toll from two days...
Kenyan women carrying their furniture, arrive at a church where dozens of families who had their houses burned down, or fled for safety, are now living, in Nakuru, Kenya, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008. Gunfire...   (Associated Press)
A man walks down the street wailing at the loss of his brother whom he said was killed in the recent fighting in Nakuru, Kenya, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008. Gunfire erupted Saturday and young men vowed revenge as the death toll from two days of bloodshed in western Kenya's main...
A man walks down the street wailing at the loss of his brother whom he said was killed in the recent fighting in Nakuru, Kenya, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008. Gunfire erupted Saturday and young men vowed revenge...   (Associated Press)
A young boy collect grain that fell off a World Food Program truck, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008 during food distribution at the Nairobi showgrounds in Kenya where people took shelter from ethnic fighting. Hundreds of homes were burned in Nakuru, regional capital of the Rift Valley, which has seen some...
A young boy collect grain that fell off a World Food Program truck, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008 during food distribution at the Nairobi showgrounds in Kenya where people took shelter from ethnic fighting....   (Associated Press)
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