Two killed, 15 injured in Mombasa grenade attack

By Cyrus Ombati

Two Kenyan police officers were killed and 15 others injured when rioters hurled a grenade at officers who were trying to quell protests in Mombasa.

The grenade was hurled at a police truck in Kisauni on Tuesday afternoon as riots over the killing of Muslim cleric Sheikh Aboud Rogo escalated.

"They have attacked our officers with a grenade. They threw it inside their lorry (police truck). Two people are dead, one of them is an officer the other is a civilian," said Benedict Kigen, a senior police intelligence officer in Mombasa.

The riots broke out on Monday and continued on Tuesday.

The late Rogo was accused by the United States of helping Islamist militants in Somalia.

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