Kenyan man sentenced to death for extremist attack
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A Kenyan court in the coastal city of Mombasa has sentenced to death a suspected extremist for setting off a grenade that killed one person at a club.
While giving the sentence Thursday, Judge Martin Muya described Thabit Yahya Jamaldin ,35, as a "merciless killer who should not deserve mercy."
Prosecutor Jami Yamin said in his closing arguments Jamaldin that had intended to cause multiple deaths on May 15, 2012 with a grenade and would have done had it not been for a female bouncer who prevented him from accessing the establishment. The bouncer died after Jamaldin returned and threw the grenade which also wounded him.
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Authorities link the incident to numerous attacks attributed to Somalia-based al-Shabab extremists who have vowed retribution for the Kenyan troop presence in Somalia.