A tearful homecoming: Five killed in clashes around politician’s return

Kenyan police clashed with supporters ofthecountry’soppositionpartynational Super Alliance in Nairobi yesterday. Party leader Raila Odinga had his welcome party at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta international airport broken up by police firing tear gas at his convoy, splintering his vehicle’s bullet-proof windscreen.

At least five people were killed in an ominous escalation of the country’s political crisis.