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Four killed in riots in Kenya's Mombasa after cleric shot dead

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04-10-2013 | 11:45

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Four people were killed on Friday when supporters of a slain radical Muslim cleric clashed with riot police in Kenya's main port city of Mombasa, the Kenya Red Cross said.

The four bodies all had gunshot wounds, said Mwanaisha Hamisi, the Kenya Red Cross coordinator for Coast region.

Earlier, a Reuters witness said that Kenyan police in riot gear fired teargas to disperse crowds protesting in Mombasa after the killing of a popular Muslim cleric with three of his associates.

Rioters set fire to a church in the area, the witness said.

The apparent assassination of Sheikh Ibrahim Omar follows last month's attack on a Nairobi shopping mall claimed by Somalia's militant al Shabaab group.

Associates of Omar said he was the latest victim in a string of extra-judicial killings of Muslims by security forces, an allegation denied by the police.

Sheikh Mohammed Khalifa, secretary of the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya, said Friday that Sheikh Ibrahim Ismael and three others were killed late Thursday near the coastal city of Mombasa.

Kisauni police Chief Julius Wanjohi confirmed the deaths but refused to release more information.

Ismael preached at Mombasa's Masjid Musa Mosque, where Aboud Rogo Mohammed once preached. Mohammed was shot dead in August 2012, but a Kenyan government task force failed to establish the perpetrator.

AP/REUTERS

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