This archive report was first published on 26 April 2020.
On April 26, 2020, police in Kwale killed terror suspect Suleiman Ali Kodza, a day after he escaped police dragnet in Mombasa.
According to a police report, Kodza, alias Pembe, who police have termed as Al-Shabaab ring leader in Diani, was shot and killed in Ngerenya area in South Coast where he had escaped to.
"On being ordered to surrender he attempted to attack the officers using a machete which prompted the officers to shoot, fatally injuring him," reads the police report.
Police recovered five rounds of 9mm bullets, a machete and a knife during the operation.
Coast Directorate of Criminal Investigation boss Washington Njiru said the suspect is believed to have been involved in the shooting and killing of two officers who were guarding St Paul's ACK Church in Ukunda on September 2017.
During the 2017 incident, the attackers made away with two rifles belonging to the officers.
Police were targeting terror suspect Kodza who was not in the house at the time of the operation.
In his house, police recovered an AK-47 rifle serial number 0669, three 7.62 special ammunitions and a gun magazine.
