Nairobi, May 5 -- Over 70 football fans were injured, but there were no fatalities, after skirmishes broke out before a highly-charged Kenyan Premier League game between home side Shabana FC and domestic champions and record winners, Gor Mahia FC.
Violence broke out some two hours before kick-off at the 5,000-seater Gusii Stadium on Sunday located in Kisii, a western Kenyan town, about 310 km from the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
Mayhem started when hundreds of vocal rival supporters started pelting each other with stones and other projectiles at the jam-packed venue that was already filled to over-capacity.
The clash sparked panic among the fans who scrambled for the exits, causing a stampede as police, including officers from the paramil...