MOMBASA, Kenya — Police in Kenya’s coastal area are searching for a gunman who shot a Christian dead at the gate leading to a church worship site Jan. 11 in Mombasa, Kenya.
As George Muriki arrived with two church members at the gate leading to Maximum Revival Ministries church, one of two gunmen shot him three times in the back, apparently mistaking him for the church pastor.
“The two other church members, who happened to be ladies, were pushed aside and one of the attackers said, ‘This is the church pastor,’ and then the attackers fired three times right at the back of George, who died at the spot,” said the pastor, whose name is withheld for security reasons.
The pastor based his account on what the two traumatized women who witnessed the shooting told him. Sources said Muriki tended to dress similarly to the way the pastor dressed.
“My life is in danger — I know I was the target,” the pastor said.
The pastor said his wife and other church members are living in terror and his family has moved to another person’s home to avoid a possible assault.
“The school hall also is not safe,” he added. “We have to move to another location. Otherwise we are going to lose many members who are now afraid to come to church.”
At press time Muriki, who was active in the 120-member church, was to be buried in his hometown of Meru in central Kenya. He had come to the Mombasa area in 2012.
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