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Tension as four killed in Mombasa after cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Ismail shooting

By STANDARD TEAM | 12yrs ago

Police drive past a fire lit by demonstrators in Kisauni, Mombasa, Friday [PHOTOS: KEVIN ODIT & MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD]

By STANDARD TEAM

MOMBASA, KENYA: Militant supporters of slain Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Ismail battled police in the neighbourhoods of Majengo and Kisauni for hours, protesting his Thursday killing by unknown gunmen in a drive-by shooting.

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