A Muslim cleric has been shot dead in the Kenyan port of Mombasa, amid high tensions between the Muslim community and the security forces. Ibrahim Rogo and three other people were shot as they drove home on Thursday night after preaching. The killing is similar to that of Aboud Rogo Mohammed last year, which sparked days of rioting by Muslims. It comes two weeks after the attack on a Kenyan shopping centre, which killed at least 67 people. Somali Islamist group al-Shabab has said it carried out that attack. Aboud Rogo was alleged to have links with al-Shabab and some Muslims accused the security forces of killing him - an allegation they strongly denied. Ibrahim Rogo is seen as the successor to to Aboud Rogo, as he preached at the same mosque.
BBC News.
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