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| Three die in Nairobi slum clashes | |
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| At least three people have died in violence in a Nairobi slum which has seen deadly clashes since last month's disputed Kenyan election. | |
| The bodies of the three killed in Mathare bore machete marks and appear to have been victims of inter-tribal fighting, witnesses said. | |
| An opposition spokesman accused Kenyan police of failing to intervene. | |
| A top EU official is in Kenya as part of outside efforts to mediate an end to the crisis over the presidential vote. | |
| EU Development Commissioner Louis Michel has urged both sides to stop exacerbating tensions. | |
| Separately, the former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, is expected in Kenya on Tuesday. | |
| Supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga, who accuses President Mwai Kibaki of stealing the 27 December election, say they will resume protest rallies on Thursday. | |
| The disturbances have left more than 600 people dead, including at least 31 in the last four days, and a quarter of a million homeless. | |
| Machetes | |
| Several homes were set ablaze in Mathare during Sunday's violence, where witnesses said the violence had a tribal element between Kikuyus, the tribe of Mr Kibaki, and Luo, the ethnic group which Mr Odinga is from. | |
| Now there is a need for a military ceasefire and also for a semantic rhetoric ceasefire Louis Michel EU development commissioner | |
| An Associated Press reporter saw the body of one man who was beaten to death, apparently a Luo caught by a group of Kikuyus. | |
| Another man staggered past, blood streaming from his mutilated arm after a machete attack, the reporter adds. | |
| A Luo woman who spoke to Reuters said she had been asked what tribe she was from. | |
| "Even before I could tell them, they took my bag and even wanted to cut me with a machete," she said. | |
| "I was just saved by the grace of God, they have taken everything I had." | |
| Musalia Mudavadi, an official from Mr Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), visited the injured in hospital and attacked the actions of the police. | |
| "Now we are seeing cases of the police actually giving way and allowing people to attack each other," he told AP. | |
| Positive silence | Positive silence |
| Mr Michel, who met political leaders from both sides in Nairobi, said he was concerned that the Kenyan police were using excessive force against opposition demonstrators. | Mr Michel, who met political leaders from both sides in Nairobi, said he was concerned that the Kenyan police were using excessive force against opposition demonstrators. |
| Louis Michel fears rallies could spark more clashes with police | |
| But he also criticised the opposition's decision to resume mass rallies which could lead to more violence. | But he also criticised the opposition's decision to resume mass rallies which could lead to more violence. |
| "Now there is a need for a military ceasefire and also for a semantic rhetoric ceasefire," he said. | |
| "Now we need a quiet situation, we need just a little bit positive silence." | |
| The ODM, which wants a re-run of the election, had originally called off protests in favour of a boycott of companies that back President Kibaki. | |
| Kenya's National Commission on Human Rights cast doubt on the vote, listing a catalogue of irregularities on Friday. | Kenya's National Commission on Human Rights cast doubt on the vote, listing a catalogue of irregularities on Friday. |