DATE=8/11/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-236895
TITLE=TANZANIA / ARRESTS (L)
BYLINE=ALEX BELIDA
DATELINE=DAR ES SALAAM
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: TANZANIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED AND ARE QUESTIONING
14 FOREIGN NATIONALS IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEADLY BOMB ATTACK ON
THE U-S EMBASSY IN DAR ES SALAAM. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT ALEX
BELIDA REPORTS FROM THE TANZANIAN CAPITAL.
TEXT: THOSE NOW BEING HELD ARE SIX IRAQIS, SIX SUDANESE, ONE
SOMALI AND ONE TURK. A TANZANIAN POLICE SPOKESMAN SAYS NONE OF
THEM HAS BEEN FORMALLY CHARGED WITH ANY CRIMES. BUT HE SAYS SOME
WERE SEIZED ON THE BASIS OF WHAT HE DESCRIBES AS INTELLIGENCE
INFORMATION THAT THEY MAY HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE BOMB ATTACK.
THE SPOKESMAN, SENIOR ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE ADEN
MWAMUNYANGE, SAYS THE DETENTIONS WERE MADE IN COOPERATION WITH
THE U-S FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
/// MWAMUNYANGE ACTUALITY ///
THE TANZANIAN POLICE FORCE IN COOPERATION WITH THE U-S
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, F-B-I, THROUGH JOINT
EFFORT AND INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION, HAVE ARRESTED 14
FOREIGN NATIONALS IN CONNECTION WITH A BOMB BLAST WHICH
TOOK PLACE AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN DAR ES SALAAM IN
WHICH A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE DIED AND MANY PROPERTIES
WERE DAMAGED.
/// END ACTUALITY ///
THE SPOKESMAN DECLINES TO GIVE THE NAMES OF THOSE DETAINED AND
WILL NOT OFFER ANY INTERIM REPORT ON THE PROGRESS OF THEIR
INTERROGATIONS, WHICH OTHER TANZANIAN OFFICIALS SAY ARE BEING
CARRIED OUT JOINTLY WITH U-S INVESTIGATORS NOW IN DAR ES SALAAM.
THE SPOKESMAN SAYS THE SUSPECTS WERE PICKED UP AT VARIOUS TIMES
AND PLACES SINCE LAST FRIDAY'S DEADLY EXPLOSION. HE SAYS THEY
ARE ALL NOW BEING HELD IN DAR ES SALAAM.
AMONG THE FEW DETAILS HE GIVES IS THAT ONE OF THE SUDANESE CLAIMS
TO WORK FOR THE SAUDI EMBASSY WHILE ANOTHER SUDANESE IS JUST 15
YEARS OLD. HE SAYS THE IRAQIS INCLUDE AN ENGINEER, A TEACHER,
AND A TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN. THE SPOKESMAN SAYS THE SOLE
SOMALI BEING HELD CLAIMS TO BE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE U-N REFUGEE
AGENCY.
THE SPOKESMAN CALLS SOME OF THOSE BEING HELD IN CUSTODY "DUBIOUS
CHARACTERS" WHILE OTHERS FAILED TO PRODUCE IDENTIFICATION
DOCUMENTS SUCH AS PASSPORTS.
U-S OFFICIALS IN DAR ES SALAAM HAVE HAD NO COMMENT SO FAR ON
THE TANZANIAN ANNOUNCEMENT. (SIGNED)
NEB/BEL/JWH
11-Aug-98 11:01 AM EDT (1501 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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