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A vocal critic of Somalia's al-Shabab terrorist group, Salim Bakari Mwarangi was shot dead by gunmen on a moving motorcycle after evening prayers in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, BBC reports:
"Gunmen on a motorbike slowed down, shot at him and sped off," Mombasa's police chief Robert Kitur told the AFP news agency.
The BBC's Robert Kiptoo in Mombasa says he had received death threats from those who accused him of being too close to the government.
He says Mr Mwarangi, who preached in Mombasa's Likoni suburb, was unpopular with radical Muslim youths in the city because he campaigned against radicalisation and drug use.
Some regarded him as a government spy, he says
Six clerics, both radical and moderate, have been killed in Mombasa since 2012.
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#Kenya #alShabab
"Gunmen on a motorbike slowed down, shot at him and sped off," Mombasa's police chief Robert Kitur told the AFP news agency.
The BBC's Robert Kiptoo in Mombasa says he had received death threats from those who accused him of being too close to the government.
He says Mr Mwarangi, who preached in Mombasa's Likoni suburb, was unpopular with radical Muslim youths in the city because he campaigned against radicalisation and drug use.
Some regarded him as a government spy, he says
Six clerics, both radical and moderate, have been killed in Mombasa since 2012.
click here to read more
#Kenya #alShabab
