Polls open in Kenya elections after police gunned down
- Published: 4 Mar 2013 at 11.49
- Online news: World
Long lines of Kenyans queued from far before dawn as polls opened Monday for hard-fought elections, hours after several policemen were killed in an ambush in the port city of Mombasa.
Officials from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission distibute ballot boxes on March 3, 2013 in Kakamega. Long lines of Kenyans queued from far before dawn as polls opened Monday for hard-fought elections, hours after several policemen were killed in an ambush in the port city of Mombasa.
The elections are the first since bloody post-poll violence five years ago in which over 1,100 people were killed, and observers have repeatedly warned of the risk of renewed conflict.
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