Videos show chaotic scenes as mourners view body of former Kenya PMpublished at 16:24 BST

16:24 BST

Peter Mwai
BBC Verify senior journalist

People on the pitch of the international stadium in Nairobi. Clouds of tear gas can be seen in the background of the pictureImage source, X/TeyaKevin

We have been monitoring events in Kenya where the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who died yesterday, has been lying in state.

We have verified three video clips showing chaotic scenes inside the international stadium in Kasarani, north-east of the capital Nairobi, where mourners had come to pay their respects.

The footage shows teargas being fired towards mourners who had crowded the pitch and sounds of gunfire. People can be seen running for safety.

Reports indicate there have been casualties, although no official figures have been provided.

Footage filmed shortly afterwards shows the stadium, which had been full of mourners, largely empty.

There had also been chaotic scenes at the airport earlier in the day as a plane carrying Odinga’s body back from India, where he’d been receiving medical treatment, landed.

Verified video showed mourners breaching security barriers, with some managing to get inside the aircraft, taking photographs.

Odinga, who was 80 years old, served as the country’s prime minister between 2008 and 2013 and is set to be buried on Sunday.

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