Monday, August 4, 2008

Al-Qaida Fugitive Gives Kenyan Police The Slip

This FBI handout image from 2004 shows Fazul Abdullah Mohammed. Kenyan police captured two suspected aides to Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, a Comoran Al-Qaeda operative wanted over the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, a senior officer said Sunday. (AFP/FBI-HO/File)

From The Guardian:

Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, one of Africa's most wanted terrorists, escaped before raid on coastal hideout, police say.

One of al-Qaida's top operatives in Africa narrowly escaped arrest at the weekend after slipping through a police trap, according to Kenyan security officials.

Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, who has a $5m bounty from the US on his head, was reported to have left his hideout in the coastal resort town of Malindi shortly before a raid on Saturday night. Police had already arrested Mahfoudh Ashur, the owner of the house where police say Mohammed was staying, along with Ashur's wife and son. They denied a charge of sheltering a fugitive in court today.

"We have not still been able to catch him [Fazul], but we are on his trail," said Eric Kiraithe, the Kenyan police spokesman, today.

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More News On the Kenyan/Tanzanian Embassy Bombing Suspect

Kenya police nab two aides of top Qaeda suspect: police -- Yahoo News/AFP
Kenya: U.S. embassy bomb suspect flees raid -- CNN
Kenya manhunt for al-Qaeda wanted -- BBC News
Suspect in U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania escapes police raid -- New York Daily News
Kenya charges 3 in al Qaeda suspect's reported escape -- Reuters South Africa
How Kenyan Police Found Vital Information From Terror Suspect's Computer -- iStockAnalyst

My Comment: Oh well .... we will get him next time.

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