Kenyan doctors say civilians were shot, and some killed, while running from police during protests

By CARA ANNA
Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Doctors in Kenya say the bullet wounds that civilians received during opposition protests last month show that most were shot while running from police or trying to surrender. The findings are in a report by the Kenya Medical Association, Amnesty International Kenya and the Law Society of Kenya. They looked at protests in the western counties of Kisumu and Kisii, part of the opposition’s stronghold. They confirmed at least 11 people killed and counted at least 47 others with gunshot wounds. The findings come days after Kenya said it would consider leading a multinational force in Haiti and sending 1,000 police officers.