Dozens of people seeking refuge in a church in Kenya were burned to death by a mob in an escalation of ethnic violence that is threatening to plunge the country into chaos.
AP - A mob torched a church where hundreds had sought refuge Tuesday, and witnesses said dozens of people — including children — were burned alive or hacked to death with machetes in ethnic violence that followed Kenya's disputed election.
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Machete-wielding mobs are clashing with police, soldiers and ordinary people in the streets of Kenya. Horrific attacks are being reported, including the torching of a church where people who had sought refuge were burned alive. Scores have been shot, hacked or beaten to death in ethnic violence that had been rare in the east African country.
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated hours before she was to tell U.S. lawmakers of an alleged plot to rig Pakistan's elections, sources said. Violence, ballot-tampering or intimidation could be used, according to a dossier Bhutto requested, the sources said. Pakistani officials have denied the claims.
Pakistan's Interior Ministry backtracked today on its statement that Benazir Bhutto died because she hit her head on a sunroof latch during a shooting and bomb attack. The government also offered a reward to anyone who could identify two suspects from the killing.