Gunmen kill two people in Mombasa
What you need to know:
- Police say the gunmen also shot and injured two waitresses in the 3.30am incident.
- The incident comes a day after gunmen shot and killed four people in Soweto area of Likoni, Mombasa County.
Gunmen raided a bar on Jomo Kenyatta Avenue in Mombasa County on Tuesday morning and shot dead two people.
Police said the gunmen also shot and injured two waitresses in the 3:30am incident.
Mombasa OCPD Geoffrey Mayek said the attackers entered Sega bar in the Majengo area and ordered everyone to lie down.
They then demanded the day’s sales from one of the waitresses.
Mr Mayek said two people who had refused to lie down were shot dead.
One of the waitresses was shot in the leg and the other in the thigh. They were admitted at Coast General Hospital.
The incident came a day after gunmen shot and killed four people in the Soweto area of Likoni in Mombasa County.
On Monday evening, police said they had made eight arrests in connection with the Likoni killings.
