Kenya: 3 robed women petrol bomb police station

A police station in the Kenyan city of Mombasa was attacked by three robed women who tricked their way into the police post under the pretext of reporting a stolen phone.

Reports say one of the robed women stabbed one officer and set fire to the building with a petrol bomb before she was shot dead.

According to an officer and a witness, the women walked into the police station with a knife and petrol bomb concealed in their traditional Buibui robes.

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“While being questioned by officers, one drew a knife and the other threw a petrol bomb at the police officers,” Patterson Maelo, Mombasa County Police Commander, told reporters.

“The station caught fire. Police shot the three and killed them. Two officers are in hospital with wounds. Presumably it is a terror attack.”

Police spokesman George Kinoti said in a statement that an unexploded suicide vest, two bullet-proof jackets and an unused petrol bomb were recovered from the dead suspects.

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