{{Four people were killed on Monday in Kisumu following violent protests that were ignited with the killing of an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) parliamentary aspirant Shem Onyango alias Kwegah.}}
The three were among a group of five people who had sought refuge at a furniture shop in Kondele to escape the crossfire between rioters and the police.
According to an eye witnesses, police lobbed a teargas canister which burst into flames due to contact with a flammable substance.
Two people who survived the incident were admitted at the New Nyanza General Hospital with serious burns.
Protesters also blocked the Kisumu – Kakamega highway and destroyed properties.
Motorcycle taxi operator, Kenneth Oduor, who was ferrying a passenger that got killed early in the day said his client was shot as they approached a police station.
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