Did police kill Makaburi? BY- GALGALO BOCHA Radical cleric Makaburi shot dead Muslim cleric Sheikh Abubakar Shariff aka ‘Makaburi’ who has previously preached for Jihad has been shot dead by unknown gunmen. The controversial cleric was felled in a rush of bullets as he walked out of Shanzu Law Courts within Shimo la Tewa Maximum Prison in Mombasa on Tuesday evening alongside one other person. Another man who was injured and rushed to hospital. Witnesses said armed attackers pulled up in a black car and aimed at the four men as they waited for the court gateman to open. He had gone to wait for the decision on whether his bail conditions would be reduced but the case was delayed by a court ‘open-day’ function, sources said. Police are yet to issue a statement on the matter. Sheikh Makaburi was facing charges of being a member of a terror group. He had denied the charges. He becomes the third high-profile Muslim cleric to be felled by bullets in less than two years. In August 2012, Sheikh Aboud Rogo was killed in a similar fashion by people who trailed him in an unmarked car. His murder led to protests but the case has never been resolved. mobile.nation.co.ke/news/-/1950946/2266174/-/format/xhtml/-/5llyby/-/index.html
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 19:09:48 +0000
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