Ibrahim Rogo: Kenyan Muslim cleric shot dead in Mombasa

 

Salim Abdi was the only person to survive the attack

 

 
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.

SOURCE: BBC


 GALGALO BOCHA- REPORT FROM KENYA

The successor of the slain Muslim cleric Sheikh Aboud Rogo, Sheikh Ibrahim Rogo was gunned down with three others on Thursday night by unknown assailants.

Mr Rogo with four others were heading home from Musa mosque where he had just finished preaching when their vehicle was sprayed with bullets killing four of the five occupants about half a kilometre from Bamburi police post.

The others in the vehicle were Gadaffi Mohammed who is said to be a carpenter, Issa Abdalla whose sister is married to Gadaffi was the driver of the car, Omar Abu Rumeisa and Salim Aboud who survived the attack by playing dead.

Salim Aboud said they were heading home in a Toyota Fun Cargo when people on foot started shooting at their car until the car veered off the road.

"We have finished them," Mr Salim Aboud heard them say as he pretended to be dead. The assailant are said to have sped-off in a Mark X.

Other Muslim leaders, including Sheikh Abubakar Sheriff alias Makaburi who arrived at the scene later, pointed accusing fingers at the Anti Terrorism Police Unit.

"The ATPU were here, why have they run way? What are we going to do next and why are they killing us? We have not killed any one but the police are killing innocent Muslims," said Mr Makaburi.

"This actions are being led by Americans and Israelis, Sheikh Ibrahim was not at Westgate during the attack. Western governments do not want Muslims to talk about Jihad. It is part and parcel of Islam, kill us all," he said.

SOURCE: DAILY NATION