DATE=8/10/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-236829
TITLE=BOMB SUSPECTS (S)
BYLINE=ALEX BELIDA
DATELINE=DAR ES SALAAM
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: AUTHORITIES IN TANZANIA HAVE TAKEN ONE OR MORE SUSPECTS
INTO CUSTODY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BOMBING OF THE U-S EMBASSY IN
DAR ES SALAAM. CORRESPONDENT ALEX BELIDA REPORTS FROM THE
TANZANIAN CAPITAL.
TEXT: POLICE COMMISSIONER WILSON MWANSASU TELLS V-O-A SUSPECTS
HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN CONNECTION WITH THE BOMB ATTACK. BUT FOR
THE MOMENT, HE IS REFUSING TO GIVE OUT DETAILS. HE INDICATES
MORE INFORMATION MAY BE RELEASED TUESDAY AFTER, HE SAYS, THE CASE
FILE HAS BEEN PUT IN ORDER.
U-S OFFICIALS IN DAR ES SALAAM HAVE DECLINED TO COMMENT. AN
EMBASSY SPOKESMAN SAYS HE WILL NOT CONFIRM OR DENY ANYTHING
WHILE THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE BLAST GOES ON.
THE WEEKLY "EAST AFRICAN" REPORTED (MONDAY) POLICE IN THE
NORTHERN TANZANIAN TOWN OF ARUSHA WERE SAID TO BE ON THE TRACKS
OF WHAT THE NEWSPAPER CALLS A GROUP OF MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALISTS
WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE BOMBING. (SIGNED)
NEB/BEL/JWH
10-Aug-98 11:11 AM EDT (1511 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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