Situation in Mombassa
Tourist, businessman beaten to death
2008-1-28 12:28
Mombasa - A German tourist and a businessman were battered to death by a gang of robbers who trailed them to their apartment at a southeastern Kenyan beach resort, police said Monday.
Police officer Stanley Lemai said there was a long struggle on Sunday night between the men and the robbers, who had overpowered the security guard at the Diana beach resort.
"They were killed with crude weapons, like clubs and machetes. Both of them were hit in the head," Lemai said. Police refused to identify the two men except to say one was a resident German businessman and the other a German visitor.
Diani is about 5km south of Mombasa port, Kenya's tourist capital.