Violence amid Kenyan vote fatal for 19
Posted: March 5, 2013 at 5:08 a.m.
A Masai man casts his vote Monday in a general election in Kajiado West, about 37 miles from Nairobi, Kenya.
Kenya’s presidential election drew millions of eager voters who endured long lines to cast ballots Monday, but the vote was marred by violence that left 19 people dead, including four policemen hacked to death by machete-wielding separatists.
Kenyan voters line up to cast their votes Monday in Nairobi, Kenya’s Kibera slum.
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