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Suspected Al shaabab returnees kill police informer in Kwale

An elderly man police say was key in the fight against radicalisation and terrorism was on Friday shot dead at Bongwe area in Diani Town of Kwale County by suspected Al-Shabaab returnees sparking fears of the return of senseless killings that hit the area last year.

Omar Salim Vumbi 59, said to be a police informer was a close friend and relative to the area assistant chief Ali Mwakubo who is recuperating at Coast General Hospital after he was shot on December 10.

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