Kenya is still in the news, after their ultimatum for all somalian refugees who are in the cities, to return to their refugee camp. But this time, a popular islamic cleric Abubakar sherrif, who has been accused by the UN and US for supporting Al-Shabab militants, a police officer at the scene and a witness said.
"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 on Tuesday night.
"May his soul rest in peace. He has died a brave death."
Makaburi was killed as he left a court compound about 15 km north of the port city of Mombasa, police chief for Kisauni area Richard Ngtia told journalists. Makaburi had been attending a court hearing.
Makaburi and another man were outside the court waiting to be picked up when another vehicle approached and the men were sprayed with bullets, he said. Both were killed.
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