Muslim leaders accuse police of unfairly targeting mosques over reports of Al Shabaab recruitment

Police arrest youth during the raid on Masjid Musa in Mombasa. [PHOTO: FILE/ STANDARD]

By DANIEL WESANGULA

MOMBASA, KENYA: The past three years have been bittersweet for not only the tumultuous Mombasa city, but for Kenya’s coastal region. Violent confrontations between residents and security forces have tarnished the region’s reputation of hospitality that has over decades been carved off an economy built around a now struggling tourism industry.