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'Al-Shabab supporter' Aboud Rogo Mohammed killed in Kenya | 'Al-Shabab supporter' Aboud Rogo Mohammed killed in Kenya |
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A Kenyan radical Islamist cleric has been killed in a drive-by shooting in the city of Mombasa. | A Kenyan radical Islamist cleric has been killed in a drive-by shooting in the city of Mombasa. |
Aboud Rogo Mohammed was on US and UN sanction lists for allegedly supporting Somalia's al-Shabab militants. | Aboud Rogo Mohammed was on US and UN sanction lists for allegedly supporting Somalia's al-Shabab militants. |
According to a UN report, he had helped al-Shabab obtain funding and new recruits. He was also facing charges of plotting attacks in Mombasa. | According to a UN report, he had helped al-Shabab obtain funding and new recruits. He was also facing charges of plotting attacks in Mombasa. |
Following the killing, protests have erupted in Mombasa in which one person was killed and churches were attacked. | |
The highway from Mombasa to the tourist centre of Malindi was closed by tyre-burning protesters, before they were dispersed by police who fired tear gas. | |
Many businesses were closed, while streets normally full of shoppers and tourists were empty, reports Reuters news agency. | |
Some of the rioters said the authorities were behind the shooting. | |
Mr Rogo has already been buried. | Mr Rogo has already been buried. |
"A car behind us aimed at my husband, they shot him on the right side," his widow Haniya Said, who was also shot, told the AFP news agency. | "A car behind us aimed at my husband, they shot him on the right side," his widow Haniya Said, who was also shot, told the AFP news agency. |
"He died as we rushed him to hospital," she said, before she and her children were themselves taken to the hospital. | "He died as we rushed him to hospital," she said, before she and her children were themselves taken to the hospital. |
Aboud Rogo Mohammed was placed on a US sanctions list in July for "engaging in acts that directly or indirectly threaten the peace, security or stability of Somalia". | Aboud Rogo Mohammed was placed on a US sanctions list in July for "engaging in acts that directly or indirectly threaten the peace, security or stability of Somalia". |
The UN Security Council imposed a travel ban and asset freeze on him in July, saying he had provided "financial, material, logistical or technical support to al-Shabab". | The UN Security Council imposed a travel ban and asset freeze on him in July, saying he had provided "financial, material, logistical or technical support to al-Shabab". |
It accused him of being the "main ideological leader" of Kenya's al-Hijra group, also known as the Muslim Youth Centre, which is viewed as a close ally of al-Shabab. | |
He had "used the extremist group as a pathway for radicalisation and recruitment of principally Swahili-speaking Africans for carrying out violent militant activity in Somalia," the UN added. | He had "used the extremist group as a pathway for radicalisation and recruitment of principally Swahili-speaking Africans for carrying out violent militant activity in Somalia," the UN added. |
In 2005, Mr Rogo was cleared on murder charges over the 2002 attack on a hotel where Israeli tourists were staying, which killed 12 people. |