Summary Police says the person killed had tried to throw grenade at them as they moved into the Masjid Musa
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Police in Kenya say they have carried out raids on two mosques in Mombasa, the country s main coastal city, in an operation that killed one person and resulted in 251 arrests.
Police said the Monday raids netted eight grenades and a pistol.
The authorities said more than 500 security personnel took part in the raids.
The police said the person killed had tried to throw a grenade at them as they moved into the Masjid Musa mosque; a place of worship that officials say also harbors radical Muslims.
Mombasa police official Geoffrey Mayek called the raids a "breakthrough" for police intelligence. Officials say that some Kenyan Muslims have links with the Somali terrorist group al-Shabab.
