Kenya Church Fire Kills 15 Who Fled Mob

AP on Verizon Central ^ | January 1, 2007 | Elizabeth A. Kennedy

[rightwingintelligentsia]

NAIROBI, Kenya - A mob torched a church sheltering hundreds of Kenyans fleeing election violence on Tuesday, and at least 15 people burned to death, police and a witness said as the president came under increasing pressure over the disputed vote. The European Union and the United States have refused to congratulate President Mwai Kibaki. The EU and four top Kenyan elections officials have called for an independent inquiry in what had been east Africa's most stable and prosperous democracy.

Violence in response to the closest presidential election in Kenya's history has flared from the shantytowns of Nairobi to resort towns on the sweltering coast, killing at least 228 people since Saturday, according to accounts from police, morgues and witnesses.

Among them were at least 15 who died Tuesday in Eldoret, some 185 miles from the capital, Nairobi.

"There was a huge mob; they attacked the church," said a witness, who asked that his name not be used for fear of reprisals. "We counted 15 to 20 bodies."

Two police officers, who were not authorized to speak to the media, confirmed that several people burned to death.

In Britain, Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged talks between Kibaki, sworn into office for a second five-year term, and opposition leader Raila Odinga.

"The violence must be brought to an end," he said Tuesday in London.

[Right Wing Assault]

I see they left the word ‘muslim’ out of the article. Must have been an editing error. Yeah, that’s it.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Kenya is only 6-9% muslim, I’d wager this is more your garden variety spun up african mob violence.

[canuck_conservative]

And people wonder why Africa can’t get more development ....

[Hebrews 11:6]

Kenya Church Fire Kills 15 Who Fled Mob

Typical misleading AP headline. It reads as though the church fire had no connection to the mob. It should read, "Mob Kills 15 Who Fled into Church." By the way, the total is now 50.

[Right Wing Assault]

Here’s what got me to thinking about the muzzl’em connection:

http://www.eastandard.net/news/?id=1143978106

[Tijeras_Slim]

Interesting...

[durasell]

Africa is getting a ton of development — a lot of it by the Chinese.

[Charles Henrickson]

This was tribal, not Muslim.

My wife has made three medical mercy trips to Kenya, I know some of the pastors there, etc., so I've been interested in reading the recent stories from Kenya.

[flowerplough]

From a Yahoo/AP article: “In the slums, which are often divided along tribal lines, rival groups have been going at each other with machetes and sticks, as police fire tear gas and live rounds to keep them from pouring into the city center.”

And Fom Keith Richburg’s “Out of America”: “Talk to me about Africa and my black roots and my kinship with my African brothers, and I’ll throw it back in your face, and then I’ll rub your nose into the images of the rotting flesh.”