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Kenya Police Seize Weapons Cache
Kenyan police raided a house Monday in the port of Mombasa where suspected terrorists are thought to have lived, seizing weapons and visa stamps for several countries, the national security minister said. Acting on a tip, police moved in on the house, finding evidence that "those living there were planning ... acts of terrorism," Christopher Murungaru said in a statement. He did not say where the residents were at the time or whether any were arrested. If you donât have them already, I donât think theyâll be coming back home. Among the items found were AK-47 assault rifles, a light anti-tank weapon, a grenade, weapons training literature and the visa stamps, he said. What, no holy scripts? Oh, wait, he did mention weapons manuals. Hours earlier, he said, police found a suspicious object at a popular tourist resort north of Mombasa on the Indian Ocean and were working to determine whether it was a bomb. If itâs a bomb, itâll let you know. Murungaru commended "the members of the public who volunteered information to the security forces." Mondayâs raid took place in the same leafy Tudor neighborhood where authorities say militants built the car bomb used to blow up a beachfront hotel north of the port on Nov. 28, killing 13 people, including three Israelis. Nice neighborhood, wonder how property values are doing. Posted by: Steve 2003-08-11 |
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