Kenyans Protest Killing of Radical Muslim Cleric

Aboud Rogo Mohammed, a Kenyan radical Islamic cleric, was killed Monday morning in a drive-by shooting in Mombasa. His death sparked protests and riots, spurring many businesses to close and pedestrians to stay away.

Aboud Rogo Mohammed, a Kenyan radical Islamic cleric, was killed Monday morning in a drive-by shooting in Mombasa. His death sparked protests and riots, spurring many businesses to close and pedestrians to stay away. At least one person died as a result of the violence, and several churches have been vandalized. As of Tuesday, pockets of Mombasa are still experiencing violence as riots continue. Police say an officer was killed Tuesday in a grenade attack by one of the protesters.

Rogo’s wife suffered a leg wound in the attack on her husband, while his five-year old daughter, his father, and another relative, who were also in the car, were uninjured.
Riots quickly ensued, by hundreds of rampaging Muslim youths in the streets, as Rogo’s body was taken for burial.

Devia de Souza, who works in Majengo, one of the areas hit hardest by the rioting, has been barricaded inside her office since about 9:30 am (local time) Tuesday. She kept the shades down, to protect the 18 employees from attracting attention from the protesters outside.

“I can’t see anything right now but earlier, there were lots of people running around and shouting, that they should kill all the kafirs, which is, I guess, non-Muslims,” she said. “They were getting people off the streets, and beating them up and taking their mobiles and money and whatever they had on them.”