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Kenyan court sentences two to death for killing police

Xinhua, July 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

A Kenyan court on Friday sentenced two members of a coast-based secessionist group to death for the killing of four police officers in the coastal city of Mombasa in 2013.

Mombasa High Court Judge Martin Muya said the two -- Jabir Dzuya and Bwana Mkuu Alwan -- were among four suspected members of Mombasa Republican Council arrested for the offence.

Another two -- Badi Said Kassim and Omar Salim Juma -- were set free due to lack of evidence.

Mombasa Republican Council claims areas around Mombasa and the coastal area. Some of its members said they joined the group because of frustration caused by unemployment in the coastal region. Endit