Report reaching the news desk of CEOAFRICA.com is that the city of Mombasa, which is the second largest city in Kenya, is currently experiencing high rise of violence, as a pastor was killed at the weekend in his church and some locals accuse the police of operating with impunity and making the situation worse. This came after five Muslim clerics were killed within a year at the region.

It was revealed by sources that Kenyan security forces accused clerics at the mosque of recruiting for Somali militant group al-Shabab, which claimed responsibility for last month's massacre at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi.

Unknown gunmen stormed a church in the region and killed Pastor Charles Mathole while praying. The family of the deceased disclosed that he has received death threats in the past.

Francis Auma, works with Muslim for Human Rights (MUHURI), a Mombasa-based rights group.  His organization has documented dozens of alleged arbitrary arrests and killings by police. He complained about how the police have been handling terrorism in the area.

“There are a lot of things happening in [the] coast [region] within a period of three years.  The trend is really worrying and this is what we call impunity of high tech, and this is what we call extra-judicial killings.  And this is what we call torture from the state to the civilians,” Auma said.

 United Nations investigators and human rights groups also accused Kenyan police of killing suspects, an accusation the police have denied.