At least two people have died in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, after police fired on mourners who had turned out in the tens of thousands to get a glimpse of the coffin of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga.

Scores were injured, as Kenyan police deployed tear gas to disperse thousands of mourners, emptying out the stadium, local media reported.

Authorities have not provided information as to what led to the crackdown by police.

Odinga died on Wednesday at 80 years old after he collapsed during a morning walk at a hospital in India’s Kerala state. A former prime minister, Odinga was one of Kenya’s foremost statesmen.

Thousands of mourners briefly stormed Nairobi’s international airport, interrupting a ceremony for President William Ruto and other officials to receive Odinga’s body with military honours.

Crowds also flooded nearby roads and tried to breach parliament, where the government had originally scheduled the public viewing.

A 60,000-capacity football stadium was full of mourners when security forces fired live rounds in the air in an attempt at crowd control.