Don killed as youths go on rampage

IN SUMMARY

Immediately after the burial, the mourners went on the rampage, attacking anybody they met on their way from Tononoka to Majengo.

Mombasa. A university lecturer was killed and five others injured as youths protested the shooting of a suspected gangster in Mombasa.

The mourners turned their wrath on the public shortly after they buried Hassan Nasrullah Musa, alias Guti, who was shot dead by men suspected to be police officers on Saturday afternoon on Mwembe Tayari Road.

After an overnight vigil in the 7-Up area of Majengo ya Mvita, where Hassan lived, the youths took his body to Masjid Marembo for prayers, before burial at the nearby Kikowani Muslim cemetery.

Immediately after the burial, the mourners went on the rampage, attacking anybody they met on their way from Tononoka to Majengo.

In the ensuing violence, a university lecturer identified as Mr David Munga, was killed while five other victims were treated for panga and knife cuts at the Coast General Hospital.

Hassan was suspected to be the leader of a gang operating in Majengo. He was due to stand trial for the alleged murder of Gadaffi Mohammed. He had been arrested together with another suspect, Irshad Abdulrahman, in July in connection with Mohammed’s death.

Witnesses said he was shot dead as he drove a saloon car. His wife, who was in the car with him, was shot in the leg and suffered facial injuries from broken glass. (NMG
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