New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- A stampede at a soccer stadium Friday during the state funeral service for Kenya's former Prime Minister Raila Odinga killed two people and injured more than 100 others.

Kenyans had turned out in large numbers to mourn Odinga after the democratic reformer's death on Wednesday at age 80, reflecting the outsized influence the respected statesman had on political life in the East African country.

A stampede ensued at the stadium in the capital, Nairobi, as the public viewed his body after the service. Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, said two people died and 163 patients were treated at the scene with 34 of them referred to hospitals.

The Kenyan Red Cross said the chaos "left many in need of ...