Police officers gun down wanted terror suspect Ismail Mohammed Soshi in Mombasa
What you need to know:
- The suspect, Ismail Mohammed Soshi, a member of a hit squad targeting police officers, has given police sleepless nights over the past two years.
- He was accused of killing a National Intelligence Service officer Hashim Salman in July last year.
- Hundreds of ammunition rounds and a terrorism training manual, which he is suspected of using to escape police dragnet, were also recovered.
Police on Tuesday gunned down a wanted terror suspect in Kisauni, Mombasa County.
The suspect, Ismail Mohammed Soshi, a member of a hit squad targeting police officers, had given police sleepless nights over the past two years.
He was accused of killing National Intelligence Service officer Hashim Salman in July last year.
According to Kisauni OCPD Richard Ngatia, the suspect was shot dead at around 11.30am when police raided a rental house in Mwandoni, where he had moved two days ago.
Mr Ngatia said that when the police raided, the suspect shot at them but was killed in an exchange of fire.
“We have recovered a G3 rifle, which he is suspected of stealing from an officer he and others killed,” said Mr Ngatia.
Hundreds of rounds of ammunition and a terrorism training manual, which he is suspected of using to escape police dragnets, were also seized, according to Mr Ngatia.
Last year, police launched a manhunt for a hit squad targeting police officers in Mombasa, to which Soshi was linked.
Members of the hit squad used religious attire, including buibuis, to disguise themselves and hide their weapons.
The rifle and ammunition seized from a house in Kisauni where wanted terror suspect Ismail Mohammed Soshi was gunned down on September 27, 2016. PHOTO | AHMED MOHAMMED | NATION MEDIA GROUP
