The apparent assassination of Sheikh Ibrahim Omar follows last month's attack on a Nairobi shopping mall claimed by Somalia's al-Shabab group. Associates of Omar said he was the latest victim in a string of extra-judicial killings of Muslims by security forces, an allegation denied by the police.
Rioters set fire to a church in the area on Friday, Reuters news agency reported. Police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.
Controversial preacher
Sheikh Ibrahim Omar preached at Mombasa's Masjid Musa mosque, which attracts some radical followers. He was viewed as the successor to Aboud Rogo Mohammed, a controversial preacher accused of links to Somalia's al-Shabab fighters, who was himself assassinated in a drive-by shooting in August 2012.
"They were five people in a vehicle when it was sprayed with bullets," a senior police officer said on Friday from the scene, adding that one passenger survived.
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