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| Kenya cleric Sheikh Mohammed Idris shot dead in Mombasa | Kenya cleric Sheikh Mohammed Idris shot dead in Mombasa |
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| A leading Muslim cleric has been shot dead in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa - the latest such killing. | A leading Muslim cleric has been shot dead in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa - the latest such killing. |
| 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. | Reports say he had previously been threatened by radical Muslim youths and had said he feared for his life. |
| Several prominent Muslim clerics have been shot dead in unexplained circumstances in recent years. | Several prominent Muslim clerics have been shot dead in unexplained circumstances in recent years. |
| The others were mostly accused of links to Somali Islamist group al-Shabab and their supporters accused the government of being behind their killings - charges the authorities denied. | |
| Mr Idris had apparently urged the police to deal with militant elements at his mosque, leading some to brand him a traitor. |