DATE=8/17/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-237209
TITLE=NAIROBI - SUSPECT (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=CAROL PINEAU
DATELINE=NAIROBI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: IN EAST AFRICA, THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR THOSE WHO PLACED
BOMBS OUTSIDE U-S EMBASSY BUILDINGS IN NAIROBI AND DAR ES SALAAM.
KENYAN AND AMERICAN INVESTIGATORS MEANWHILE CONFIRMED MONDAY THAT
THEY ARE HOLDING A SUSPECT EXTRADITED TO NAIROBI FROM PAKISTAN.
DETAILS FROM CAROL PINEAU IN NAIROBI.
TEXT: KENYA'S CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION, OR C-I-D, AND THE
U-S FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARE QUESTIONING THE SUSPECT,
THOUGH THEY SAY HE HAS DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY IN THE NEARLY
SIMULTANEOUS EXPLOSIONS AUGUST SEVENTH IN KENYA AND TANZANIA.
A JOINT C-I-D AND F-B-I STATEMENT SAYS THE SUSPECT, MOHAMMED
SADIQ ODEH (HWAY-DAH) -- ALSO KNOWN AS ABDULL BAST AWADH --
ARRIVED IN KENYA LAST FRIDAY EVENING AFTER BEING EXTRADITED BY
PAKISTAN.
THE FOREIGN MINISTRY IN PAKISTAN SAID ON SUNDAY THE SUSPECT WAS
ARRESTED SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE BOMBING. AUTHORITIES STOPPED
MR. ODEH AT KARACHI AIRPORT AFTER HE ARRIVED ON A FLIGHT FROM
NAIROBI.
THE PAKISTANI ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY "THE NEWS" REPORTED MR. ODEH
WAS ON HIS WAY TO AFGHANISTAN. THE PAPER SAYS AUTHORITIES
SUSPECTED HIM OF TRAVELLING ON FORGED DOCUMENTS. THE PAPER ADDED
THAT SINCE BEING ARRESTED, MR. ODEH HAD IDENTIFIED OTHER SUSPECTS
WHO HAD ARRIVED IN PAKISTAN BEFORE THE BOMBING AND WHO HAD
ALREADY GONE ON TO AFGHANISTAN.
BUT MONDAY'S JOINT C-I-D AND F-B-I STATEMENT SAID MR. ODEH HAD
NOT IMPLICATED ANYONE ELSE IN THE BOMBINGS. THERE WAS NO
MENTION OF ANY AFGHANISTAN CONNECTION.
AFGHANISTAN IS REPORTED TO BE THE CURRENT HOME OF SAUDI MILITANT,
OSAMA BIN LADEN -- A POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN THE BOMBINGS. THE SAUDI
DISSIDENT WARNED EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT ALL AMERICANS -- BOTH
MILITARY AND CIVILIAN -- WERE POTENTIAL TARGETS OF GUERRILLA
ATTACKS.
//REST OPT// MEANWHILE KENYANS CONTINUE TO MAKE FUNERAL
ARRANGEMENTS FOR VICTIMS OF THE EXPLOSION WHICH LEFT 247 DEAD AND
MORE THAN FIVE-THOUSAND INJURED. (SIGNED)
NEB/CP/PCF/KL
17-Aug-98 12:58 PM EDT (1658 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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