Police said the German lady in her late twenties and her Ugandan boyfriend aged 33 were confronted by two people, one armed with a pistol, who emerged from a building as the victims were walking along the street and shot them at point blank.
The lady was killed instantly. Police reports said the lady was shot with more than four bullets at close range by the gunmen who escaped on foot.
The boyfriend was shot in the neck and rushed to Coast Provincial General Hospital in critical condition. Security has deteriorated in the town following a case where four people were killed in Likoni area of one of Kenya's Oldest Town recently.
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