Kenya Military Choppers Open Fire Above Crowd

The helicopters also opened fire elsewhere in the town.

Two Kenyan military helicopters opened fired on Tuesday above a crowd threatening members of the Luo tribe sheltering at a police post in the Rift Valley town of Naivasha, a Reuters reporter said.

"The helicopters are dive-bombing the crowd and firing their guns," Reuters reporter David Lewis said from the scene, as the machine guns thundered out what police said were rubber bullets.

The helicopters dived down towards a crowd of more than 600 people brandishing machetes and clubs three or four times as two police trucks prepared to evacuate the displaced Luos to safety.

The helicopters also opened fire elsewhere in the town.

It was not immediately clear if there were casualties.