Kenyan police kill two men suspected of planning ferry attack


  • World
  • Saturday, 26 Jul 2014

MOMBASA Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyan police said on Friday they shot and killed two armed men suspected of planning an attack on a ferry in the port city of Mombasa after one of them tried to hurl a grenade at approaching police.

Mombasa and the coastal region has been struck by a series of attacks that have killed dozens of people in recent months. The worst shootings have been on the north coast, but Mombasa has been hit by several bomb attacks.

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