Monday, September 26, 2011

Anti-Terror Police seize three Britons in Kenya

NAIROBI– Three British men have been arrested by anti-terrorism police in Kenya, it was revealed last night.
The trio were being quizzed in the coastal city of Mombasa after being picked up on Thursday.
Police said the arrests came after officers spent 24 hours monitoring the movements of the unnamed men.
Ambrose Munyasia, head of Kenya’s Coast Province force, said that the three had claimed to be tourists but were spotted “acting suspiciously”.
He added: “We trailed them for a day after suspecting their movement. Though they told us they are tourists, some of their actions have given us cause to believe that they are not.
“We have contacted Interpol to establish their background in the UK.”Specialist forensic officers are examining laptops and digital cameras belonging to the suspects.
The Foreign Office confirmed the arrests and added: “We are providing consular assistance.”
Officials from Kenya’s anti-terrorism police unit declined to comment on whether the men were suspected of belonging to a specific terror group.
In 2002 Mombassa was hit by terrorists who plotted an attack on an Israeli-owned hotel and a plane. Fifteen people died when a huge bomb exploded at the Paradise Hotel.
Terror group Al-Shabaab is thought to be holding Briton Judith Tebbutt who was kidnapped in Kenya on September 11 near the Somali border.
Source: Express

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