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Who killed Sheikh Kiirya?

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Kampala-In a shocking incident, another Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ibrahim Hassan Kiirya was last night gunned down by unknown assailants riding on a boda boda.

Having left Tarawih prayers at Dar-tal-alim al-islamiya in Rubaga, the 49 year-old spokesperson of the Kibuli-based Muslim faction was short dead in Bweyogerere, Wakiso district as he headed home.

Eyewitnesses that spoke to Eagleonline, said Sheik Kirya was shot dead when he crossed the road to buy some fruits. He was shot along with other three other people who are currently battling for their lives at Mulago National Referral Hospital, where the cleric’s body was also taken for a postmortem examination.

The police spokesperson Fred Enanga says Sheikh Kiirya had earlier informed the police that he feared for his life after a number of Muslim clerics were killed in related incidents by unknown assailants.

According to Enanga, Sheikh Kirya was attacked at around 10pm as he returned to his home in Bweyogerere after dropping off one of his security officers who stays in Kireka police barracks.

“We had given him close body protection; all round security by some of our best officers under the VIP protection who had been moving with him and all the other associates in that vulnerable situation. At around 9:30, he offered to drop the body guard who stays in our barracks in Kireka. After dropping him, he was driving to his home in Bweyogerere where he was attacked and shot dead,” Enanga said.

In the recent past there have been a number of killings targeting Muslims clerics across the country, with the killers often riding boda bodas. On Christmas Day last year Sheikh Abdukadir Muwaya Ductoor was gunned down at his home in Mayuge, while this year Sheikhs Mustafa Bahiga and Abdulrashid Wafula were killed in Kampala and Mbale, respectively.

Also, this year assailants riding a boda boda shot and fatally wounded the Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Ms Joan Kagezi, as she drove home to Kisaasi, an affluent city suburb. At the time of her death the deceased was prosecuting the case of suspected Islamic terrorists who are said to have carried out twin bombings at the Kyadondo Rugby Club and at the Ethiopian Restaurant in Kansanga, in which over 70 people who were watching the World Cup Finals of 2010, died.

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