Two protesters died from gunshot wounds and at least eight were injured in a town outside Nairobi on Wednesday as demonstrators marked one year since mass anti-government protests inKenya, a hospital official told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Julius Makau,administrator at a hospital inMatuu,around 100 kilometres (65 miles) from the capital, said:
One had abdominal gunshot wounds and died from excessive bleeding. We got an alert of another gunshot victim at another hospital but on arrival we found that the patient had already succumbed
It was not immediately clear how the victims sustained the gunshots wounds. The Nation newspaper reported police had opened fire.
Protesters were marching to mark a year since the peak of demonstrations over the economy that saw at least 60 people killed by security forces.
Makau said his hospital had received six people with gunshot wounds and three with other injuries, leading to one death.
One patient was in critical condition, while the rest were stable, he said.
InNairobi,demonstrators engaged in running battles with police, who appeared to use primarily tear gas and rubber bullets as they sought to control the crowd.
