Police shoot suspect dead in Mombasa

Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho, the former Mayor Ahmed Muhdhar outside the Coast General Provincial Hospital to collect the body of a man shot dead by police on Friday, for burial. PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Police Friday shot dead a suspected criminal at Hongera in Kisauni, Mombasa County.

A 42-year-old man was caught in the melee and shot by what police said was a stray bullet.

The bullet is lodged in his chest and he is fighting for his life at the Coast Provincial General Hospital.