Kenya deports terror suspects
The Kenyan Government has deported four people of Arabian descent who were arrested at the Moi International airport shortly after arrival from Dubai yesterday.
The four men were arrested shortly after disembarking from an Ethiopian airline that had flown from Dubai.
Sources say that the four were questioned by the dreaded anti-terror police unit for much of Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning before Government officials decided to deport them.
Sources told Mombasa Dispatch that the four had first been taken to the Regional Immigration offices under tight security where they were interrogated before being locked up at the Coast provincial police headquarters.
The arrest and subsequent deportation of the four comes in the wake of Kenya heightened war against terrorism.
The suspects lawyer Hamza Adam said that the suspects were innocent and were merely tourists who wanted to enjoy the coast environment.
He said that he would file a suit against the state for the illegal deportation of the suspects.
Kenya has suffered two terror attacks that killed nearly three hundred people.
The first attack was in 1998 when suspects attempted to bomb the Nairobi American embassy. In the attempt, more than 250 people died while four years later another 14 died when suspects blew up the Israeli owned hotel Kikambala paradise hotel.
The American government has since put a USD 5 million bounty on terror suspect Fazul Abdullah for his alleged role in the Nairobi US embassy and Kikambala bombing.
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The four men were arrested shortly after disembarking from an Ethiopian airline that had flown from Dubai.
Sources say that the four were questioned by the dreaded anti-terror police unit for much of Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning before Government officials decided to deport them.
Sources told Mombasa Dispatch that the four had first been taken to the Regional Immigration offices under tight security where they were interrogated before being locked up at the Coast provincial police headquarters.
The arrest and subsequent deportation of the four comes in the wake of Kenya heightened war against terrorism.
The suspects lawyer Hamza Adam said that the suspects were innocent and were merely tourists who wanted to enjoy the coast environment.
He said that he would file a suit against the state for the illegal deportation of the suspects.Kenya has suffered two terror attacks that killed nearly three hundred people.
The first attack was in 1998 when suspects attempted to bomb the Nairobi American embassy. In the attempt, more than 250 people died while four years later another 14 died when suspects blew up the Israeli owned hotel Kikambala paradise hotel.
The American government has since put a USD 5 million bounty on terror suspect Fazul Abdullah for his alleged role in the Nairobi US embassy and Kikambala bombing.
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