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Did Nairobi based Al Shabaab group order attack on Likoni church?

GSU officers keep guard outside the church in Mombasa that was attacked by terrorists last Sunday. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]
 GSU officers keep guard outside the church in Mombasa that was attacked by terrorists last Sunday. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

By BENARD SANGA

Mombasa, Kenya: As police announced the killing of two gunmen believed to have participated in last Sunday’s church massacre, a multi-sectional taskforce investigating the attack now believes Nairobi-based Al Hijra group, which is the Kenyan affiliate of Al Shabaab, ordered the killings.

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