Kenya arrests German terror suspect

  1. Posted on Wednesday 6 October 2010 - 09:40
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    Muhyadin Ahmed Roble, AfricaNews reporter in Nairobi, Kenya
    Kenya police detained a German man on suspicion of terrorism and deported back to his home. Sascha Alessadro Bottcher, 23, a Muslim convert, is thought to have arrived in Kenya en route to Somalia to join that country's Al-Qaeda linked group of Al-Shabaab.
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    The man flew from Frankfurt airport, onboard a Condor Air aircraft and landed Kenya through the Moi International Airport.

    Kenya was tipped off by German authorities who received a letter written by Bottcher to his mother which said he is going to Somalia and would not return alive.

    The German foreign ministry confirmed on Tuesday that a Geman man had been held by Kenya but declined no further details.

    The Berlin based newspaper Der Tagesspiegel published that the man entered Kenya on September 22 but police had arrested him after a nationwide search for him.

    Kenyan officials said a suspect had been detained at an entertainment place in Mtwapa, northeast of Mombasa.

    "He was in police custody since his arrest on Saturday," said Mwanza Katee, district commissioner for Kilifi, where the suspect was arrested, according to Reuters.

    Kenya anti-terrorism police unit made arrangements for his immediate deportation. The man was handed over to Interpol on Monday morning and back to Germany.

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  1. Posted on Wednesday 06 October 2010 14:06
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    Somali shop keeper killed in south africa.

    23-year old somalian was shot in delf last saterday as he reported abukar mohamed of his family.

    The man was working somali shop in delf for last 8 months, the death came when two men entered the shop and asked him cigerretes as to smoke.

    The two men had guns and they shot him when he tried to help them, after the death police of south africa came the place and they asked the neighbours some questions about this event.

    The speaker of the police said, we shal make investigation about this and they arrested two persons who was suspected.

    Asomalin man who refused to name said, now day we saw som gungsters who is trying to rope us and when try to defend our shops they take guns as to to shoot.
    sadaad

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