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| East/Subsaharan Africa |
| Kenya hunts key attack suspect |
| 2002-12-10 |
| Kenyan police have released photographs of a man they allege bought the four-wheel drive vehicle that suicide bombers used in the attack on an Israeli-owned hotel near Mombasa. A $6,000 reward has also been offered for information leading to the arrest of 23-year-old Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, a resident of Majengo in Mombasa. In the attack, three suicide bombers driving a Pajero packed with explosives, killed 13 people, three of them Israelis, at the Paradise Hotel. Police say he bought the Pajero on 15 November from one of the people being held by police and they say they cannot rule out that he may have been one of the suicide bombers. Have to test for DNA on what's left, I guess. Police say his family confirmed that he left home before the attack, saying he was going to South Africa to look for work. Police described him as secretive, and said most of his friends were of Somali origin. Talking to them would be a good place to start. |
| Posted by:Steve |