Kenya Opposition Suspends Protests After Supporters Are Killed
- Opposition leader accuses state of targeting supporters
- Rerun of annulled presidential election scheduled for Oct. 26
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Kenya’s main opposition group suspended protests calling for electoral reform as it accused the government of deliberately targeting supporters in a series of killings since the country’s annulled presidential election in August.
The death of a student in the western city of Kisumu on Monday was the latest in a series of murders as the country gears up for a rerun of the election next week, National Super Alliance leader Raila Odinga said in a statement on his Twitter account. The group is considering ways to hold the police inspector-general and interior secretary responsible for the deaths, he said.