Kenya cleric Sheikh Mohammed Idris shot dead in Mombasa

Mombasa (KON) - A moderate Muslim cleric has been shot dead in Mombasa, the latest killing of a preacher in the Kenyan city.

News Keydmedia Online
10 June 2014

Sheikh Mohammed Idris, chairman of the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya, was killed close to a mosque near his home by a group of gunmen.

Reports say he had previously been threatened by radical Muslim youths and had said he feared for his life.

He is the fourth prominent Muslim cleric to be shot dead in the city since 2012.

The others were accused of links to the al-Qaeda linked Somali Islamist group al-Shabab and their supporters accused the government of being behind their killings - charges the authorities denied.