Three Terror Attack Suspects Are Somali Kenyans

By Somalilandtimes network

Nairobi, February 14, 2006 – Three of the five suspects arrested by local detectives and their Interpol counterparts over alleged plans of a terrorist attack targeting Cairo, Egypt, are Kenyans.

The three young men are of Somali descent and work for a transport company that has offices in Wajir and Nairobi's Eastleigh estate.

They went to Kenyan schools and have been working in the country.

The five suspects were questioned by Kenyan Anti-Terrorism Police Unit detectives and Interpol officers on Saturday, Sunday and yesterday.

The investigators are interested in the suspects' connection with a prime suspect who has not been arrested.

Preliminary investigations by both Pretoria and Cairo security agents have allegedly established that the Kenyan suspects continuously communicated on mobile phones with their South African and Egyptian counterparts.

International network

Transcripts of the telephone conversations among suspects in the alleged international network have already been obtained.

The suspects, who are being held at various police stations in the city and its outskirts, were arrested following intelligence reports from Interpol in Pretoria, South Africa, and Cairo.

Their relatives visited the CID headquarters but were not allowed to talk to them.

Although the Kenyan security agents are being praised internationally for foiling the Cairo terror attack that would have been executed on Friday, the day Egypt was hosting the African Cup of Nations football tournament finals, police spokesman Jasper Ombati and the anti-terrorism police boss Ireri Kamwende yesterday declined to comment about the arrests.

According to Cape Times, South African crime intelligence agents helped thwart plans for a terrorist attack at the African Cup of Nations soccer final in Egypt

Source: The Nation.

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