Four killed in Kenya stampede over mistaken tear gas fear

NAIROBI, Kenya - Four women died in a stampede in western Kenya Friday after a crowd panicked when people mistook the effect of tea spilt on a fire for tear gas, police said.

The incident in the town of Kericho happened outside a stadium where President William Ruto was due to deliver a national day speech several hours' later. A woman selling tea accidentally spilled it into a fire, as people waited in the early hours to enter the stadium. "There was a stampede caused by a lady who was selling tea outside the stadium who accidentally spilled hot tea in the fire near gate C along the public road," according to a police report, seen by AFP.Several people were injured and taken to hospital, it added.Events to mark Heroes' Day went ahead later as planned at the 10,000-capacity stadium including an address by Ruto.

The public holiday is in honour of those who fought in the struggle for independence, which Kenya obtained in 1963.

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