Tension after Kenyan MP shot dead
People are fleeing the western Kenyan town of Eldoret after an opposition MP was shot dead by a traffic policeman in disputed circumstances.
The police say that David Too was killed in a domestic dispute unrelated to the political crisis but the opposition call it an "assassination".
A local police official says that Mr Too was having an affair with the wife of the policeman, who shot them both.
Reports say that angry crowds have marched on the police station.
Officers dispersed them by firing shots into the air, reports the AP news agency.
Members of President Mwai Kibaki's Kikuyu community have been fleeing the Rift Valley town, seen as an opposition stronghold.
All that remains for one Kenyan school after being attacked
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Shops and businesses have closed in case of looting.
An opposition MP was also killed on Tuesday, sparking violence in Nairobi slums.
"The second killing of an MP belonging to Orange Democratic Movement is part of a plot to reduce our majority in parliament," ODM leader Raila Odinga told the AFP news agency.
More than 850 people have been killed since the disputed presidential poll.
Another 250,000 have fled their homes in what used to be one of East Africa's most stable countries.
The Rift Valley has seen some of the worst violence since the 27 December election.
On Wednesday, the top US official for Africa, Jendayi Frazer, said there had been "ethnic cleansing" in the region.
People are fleeing the western Kenyan town of Eldoret after an opposition MP was shot dead by a traffic policeman in disputed circumstances.
The police say that David Too was killed in a domestic dispute unrelated to the political crisis but the opposition call it an "assassination".
A local police official says that Mr Too was having an affair with the wife of the policeman, who shot them both.
Reports say that angry crowds have marched on the police station.
Officers dispersed them by firing shots into the air, reports the AP news agency.
Members of President Mwai Kibaki's Kikuyu community have been fleeing the Rift Valley town, seen as an opposition stronghold.
All that remains for one Kenyan school after being attacked
In pictures
Shops and businesses have closed in case of looting.
An opposition MP was also killed on Tuesday, sparking violence in Nairobi slums.
"The second killing of an MP belonging to Orange Democratic Movement is part of a plot to reduce our majority in parliament," ODM leader Raila Odinga told the AFP news agency.
More than 850 people have been killed since the disputed presidential poll.
Another 250,000 have fled their homes in what used to be one of East Africa's most stable countries.
The Rift Valley has seen some of the worst violence since the 27 December election.
On Wednesday, the top US official for Africa, Jendayi Frazer, said there had been "ethnic cleansing" in the region.