NAIROBI, Kenya — A Christian of Somali ancestry is still in pain as he recovers from a Muslim extremist attack that left him in a coma for five days.
Five Somali immigrant Muslims threw Mohammed Ali, a 30-year-old convert from Islam, from a fourth-story apartment building Aug. 15 in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area, according to a friend. Ali, who lives in another area and is receiving treatment at Kenyatta National Hospital, was helping the friend to move.
Ali and the friend were waiting at the apartment in Eastleigh for a vehicle to transport household items in the move.
At 9 p.m., 4 hours after the truck was supposed to arrive, they heard a knock on the door. Ali’s friend, whose name is undisclosed for security reasons, went to open it thinking the driver of the transport vehicle had arrived. As he opened the door one of five men told him, “We are looking for Mohammed.”
Ali’s friend told them it was late and they should come back to see him early in the morning, but they pushed their way in, pulled Ali out of the room and threw him over a balcony.
A doctor at the hospital said Ali’s bladder was injured. A deep wound to his stomach appeared to indicate he had been slashed with a knife.
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