MOMBASA, Kenya, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Kenyan police shot dead one man and arrested about 250 others when they searched two mosques in the city of Mombasa that they said had been used to recruit militants and stash weapons, senior officials said on Monday.

The raid sparked a disturbance in the port city in which one more person died.

Kenya has been trying to break up the militant networks that it blames for a series of attacks on Kenya's coastal region, home to most of its Muslims, saying many of the recruits have been inspired by the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab.