'Living On Borrowed Time,' Said Kenyan Muslim

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
2 April 2014
Tags:
Kenya, Conflict, Peace and Security

The charismatic Muslim leader on Kenya's coast was certain he would be killed. Abubakar Shariff Ahmed - known as Makaburi - told an Associated Press reporter in October that "I'm living on borrowed time." He said this after two other Muslim leaders of a mosque that Makaburi was associated with had been killed by unidentified gunmen. On Tuesday night, Makaburi's premonition came true. He died the same way as the other two: shot dead by unidentified gunmen on the streets of Mombasa.

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