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Masjid Musa storming likened to India, Texas and Pakistan raids

A fleet of Githurai-bound buses at Ronald Ngala stage in Nairobi, the spot where the hijackers boarded the Paradiso bus destined for Githurai 44.   [PHOTOS: TABITHA OTWORI/STANDARD]
A police officer pulls down the Al Shaabab flag from Musa Mosque.

By ISHAQ JUMBE

The storming of Masjid Musa Mosque in Mombasa last Sunday has precedents in similar assaults in India in 1984, Texas in 1993 and Pakistan in 2007.

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