Kenyan 'al-Shabab recruiter' killed near Mombasa

A radical Muslim cleric in Kenya, listed by the UN as a recruiter for the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group, has been shot dead outside the coastal city of Mombasa.

Abubakar Shariff Ahmed was found on a road with what appeared to be wounds to the head and body, according to the Reuters news agency.

Alpa Patel reports.

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