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DATE=8/13/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-237012
TITLE=NAIROBI-FBI (L)
BYLINE=CAROL PINEAU
DATELINE=NAIROBI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  THE HUNT FOR CLUES INTO LAST FRIDAY'S BOMBING OUTSIDE THE
U-S EMBASSY IN NAIROBI HAS INTENSIFIED AS AGENTS OF THE FEDERAL 
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND KENYAN POLICE SIFT THROUGH THE RUBBLE
IN HOPES OF SOLVING THE CRIME.  CAROL PINEAU REPORTS FROM 
NAIROBI.
TEXT:  F-B-I SPECIAL AGENT SHEILA HORAN, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE 
EMBASSY BOMBING INVESTIGATION, TOLD REPORTERS PARTS OF THE 
VEHICLE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN USED IN THE BOMBING HAVE BEEN 
IDENTIFIED.
                       /// HORAN ACT /// 
         WE HAVE IDENTIFIED NUMEROUS MOTOR VEHICLES THAT WERE IN 
         THE BLAST.  SOME OF THEM WERE TERRIBLY DAMAGED.  OTHERS 
         NOT SO.  AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A VEHICLE THAT WAS CARRYING
         A LARGE DEGREE OF EXPLOSIVES, AND IN THIS CASE HIGH 
         EXPLOSIVES, WOULD NOT BE ONE OF THE ONES YOU WOULD 
         EXPECT TO BE WHOLE.  THEREFORE OUR EVIDENCE PEOPLE 
         (INVESTIGATORS) HAVE BEEN SIFTING THROUGH THE MATERIAL 
         AND HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN, WE THINK, IDENTIFYING 
         CERTAIN PARTS OF THE DELIVERY VEHICLE. 
                         /// END ACT ///
ALL EVIDENCE WILL BE SENT TO F-B-I LABS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR 
TESTING.
MS. HORAN SAYS THERE IS FULL COOPERATION BETWEEN KENYAN AND 
AMERICAN AUTHORITIES.  SHE IS ADAMANT THAT BOTH TEAMS OF 
INVESTIGATORS WILL SOLVE THE CRIME.
                    /// SECOND HORAN ACT ///
         FROM THE SENSELESS TRAGEDY WHICH OCCURRED IN NAIROBI 
         FRIDAY LAST. I BELIEVE THE ... VERY FINEST ELEMENTS OF 
         THE HUMAN SPIRIT HAVE EMERGED IN A COMBINED RESOLVE AND 
         A COMBINED MANDATE. THE F-B-I IS COMMITTED, TOGETHER 
         WITH THE KENYAN POLICE, AND WILL PURSUE THIS 
         INVESTIGATION TO ITS CONCLUSION. AND I WILL REPEAT -- WE
         WILL PURSUE THIS INVESTIGATION TO ITS CONCLUSION. 
                         /// END ACT ///
MS. HORAN SAYS THE INVESTIGATION WILL FOCUS ON TWO AREAS -- 
INTERVIEWS TO GATHER AS MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE ON WHAT PEOPLE 
SAW AND HEARD AT THE TIME OF THE BLAST.  ALSO FORENSIC WORK -- 
MEANING, THE SIFTING THROUGH DEBRIS FOR CLUES.
KENYAN POLICE HAVE DETAINED FIVE PEOPLE FOR QUESTIONING IN 
CONNECTION WITH THE BOMBING THAT HAS LEFT NEARLY 250-PEOPLE DEAD.
PETER MBUVI OF KENYA'S CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DEPARTMENT 
DECLINED TO SPECIFY THE NATIONALITY OF THE SUSPECTS.  HE SAID THE
POLICE HAVE NOT YET DECIDED WHETHER TO CHARGE THEM, NOR WOULD HE 
SPECULATE AS TO WHETHER THOSE CHARGED WOULD BE TRIED IN THE 
UNITED STATES OR KENYA.   (SIGNED) 
NEB/CP/PCF/RAE
13-Aug-98 8:14 AM EDT (1214 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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