Kenyan port city again hit by riots over mosque raid


  • World
  • Monday, 03 Feb 2014

Muslims who were detained by police from Sunday's raid at the Masjid Mussa mosque, wait in a cell to be arraigned at a court in Shanzu, a coastal town of Mombasa February 3, 2014. REUTERS/Joseph Okanga

MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyan police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse Muslim youths rioting for a second day on Monday in protest against a raid on a mosque used by firebrand preachers in the port city of Mombasa, a Reuters witness said.

The youths hurled rocks at the police and shouted "release our brothers," referring to more than 100 people arrested in the

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