Three killed in Kenyan grenade attack

Published on 29/08/2012 01:16

Two Kenyan police officers and a civilian died when rioters hurled a grenade at officers in the port city of Mombasa yesterday after two days of violence following the killing of a radical Muslim cleric.

It was reported that mobs of youths had fired at police with machine-guns just before throwing the grenade into a police lorry.

The riots broke out on Monday after Aboud Rogo, accused by the United States and the United Nations of helping al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militants in Somalia, was shot dead. Gunmen sprayed Rogo’s car with bullets in an attack many Muslims in Mombasa blamed on the police, who denied involvement.

Police said at least 16 officers were wounded in the grenade attack in Kisauni, a predominantly Muslim area, where youths set two churches on fire and barricaded roads.