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Prominent Islamist killed on Kenyan coast: witnesses
Source: Reuters
Prominent Islamist killed on Kenyan coast: witnesses
By Joseph Akwiri
MOMBASA, Kenya Tue Apr 1, 2014 2:44pm EDT
(Reuters) - A prominent Kenyan Islamist, accused by the United States and U.N. Security Council of supporting the Somali militant group al Shabaab, was killed on Tuesday, a police officer at the scene and a witness said.
An officer pointed to a dead body a few km (miles) from the port city of Mombasa and said it was that of Abubakar Shariff, also known as Makaburi.
"Our brother Abubakar Shariff Makaburi has left us. He is dead," a preacher at a mosque in Kisauni, a Muslim-dominated area near Mombasa, said through a loudspeaker. "May his soul rest in peace. He has died a brave death."
There was no immediate official police comment.
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By Joseph Akwiri
MOMBASA, Kenya Tue Apr 1, 2014 2:44pm EDT
(Reuters) - A prominent Kenyan Islamist, accused by the United States and U.N. Security Council of supporting the Somali militant group al Shabaab, was killed on Tuesday, a police officer at the scene and a witness said.
An officer pointed to a dead body a few km (miles) from the port city of Mombasa and said it was that of Abubakar Shariff, also known as Makaburi.
"Our brother Abubakar Shariff Makaburi has left us. He is dead," a preacher at a mosque in Kisauni, a Muslim-dominated area near Mombasa, said through a loudspeaker. "May his soul rest in peace. He has died a brave death."
There was no immediate official police comment.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/01/us-kenya-islamist-idUSBREA301MN20140401
Source: BBC
1 April 2014 Last updated at 18:37 GMT
Kenyan 'al-Shabab recruiter' killed near Mombasa
A radical Muslim cleric in Kenya, Abubakar Shariff Ahmed, has been shot dead outside the coastal city of Mombasa, police and witnesses say.
His corpse lay on a road with what appeared to be wounds to the head and body, Reuters news agency reports.
Mr Shariff, known as Makaburi, had been listed by the UN as a recruiter for the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group.
He is the third Muslim cleric to be killed in Mombasa since 2012.
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Kenyan 'al-Shabab recruiter' killed near Mombasa
A radical Muslim cleric in Kenya, Abubakar Shariff Ahmed, has been shot dead outside the coastal city of Mombasa, police and witnesses say.
His corpse lay on a road with what appeared to be wounds to the head and body, Reuters news agency reports.
Mr Shariff, known as Makaburi, had been listed by the UN as a recruiter for the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group.
He is the third Muslim cleric to be killed in Mombasa since 2012.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26845185