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Anti-Terror Operations Stoke Religious Tension in Kenya

Roopa Gogineni

Published November 18, 2012

In Kenya’s 2nd largest city, Mombasa, a string of alleged extrajudicial killings and disappearances of suspected terrorists has raised tensions between the police and the Muslim community. The latest alleged target was Omar Faraj, a 40-year old cashier, who was shot dead at home by police. Roopa Gogineni has more from Mombasa for VOA.


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