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| GSU officers standby near Salvation Army Centre, Friday. Muslim youths who wanted to protest the killing of Abubakar Shariff after Friday’s prayers were stopped by the police. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD] |
By Joackim Bwana
Mombasa, Kenya: Heavy police deployment across Mombasa’s Majengo slums and other militant strongholds deterred followers of slain radical preacher Sheikh Sharif Abubakar alias Makaburi from demonstrating to protest his killing on April 1.