Youths Riot In Kenya For Third Time Over Mosque Raid, One Dead -- Reuters
* Passerby stabbed to death by youths in Mombasa -witness
* Kenya cracking down on recruitment of Islamist militants
* Hit by attacks over pursuit of Somali al Shabaab rebels
MOMBASA, Kenya, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Muslim youths fought police in the Kenyan port of Mombasa and one person was killed on Wednesday, witnesses said, in a third day of violence over the killing of a man in a police raid on a mosque used by firebrand preachers.
Kenya is trying to break up militant recruitment networks among its Muslim community in efforts to end attacks by Somali Islamist militants and their sympathisers bent on punishing it for sending troops to Somalia to fight al Shabaab rebels.
The east African country, which has the region's largest economy, is still reeling from an al Shabaab attack on a luxury shopping mall in Nairobi in September which at least 67 people were killed.
Read more ....
Update: Kenya goes on the offensive against Muslims -- Deutche Welle
My Comment: Here is an easy prediction .... the radicalization of Muslim youths in this part of Africa is only going to escalate.
No comments:
Post a Comment