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Student Killed, hundreds held after raid on two mosques in Mombasa

A secondary school student was killed in simultaneous early morning police raids on two controversial mosques in Mombasa during which authorities claimed weapons, including grenades and pistols, were seized.

Some 251 suspects were arrested and police alleged that among them were 24 militants who had reportedly returned from terrorist training in Somalia.

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