A Roman Catholic bishop was shot to death near his church in Kenya last night, the Vatican Embassy in Nairobi has confirmed.
Bishop Luigi Locati (76) was fatally wounded as he was walking to a pastoral centre in Isiolo, in the country's north.
He was taken to a hospital in Isiolo, where he died shortly after 8 p.m., about 90 minutes after the shooting.
A man who was walking with the prelate was wounded but his condition was not immediately known. Other details were not available and the motives of the killing are unclear.
A church official said he did not think the killing was linked to recent clashes in northeastern Kenya that have left some 75 dead.
