Kenya holds another 7/11 suspect
Friday, 16th July, 2010
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By Reuben Olita
A Ugandan has been arrested in Kenya on suspicion that he was working for al-Shabaab. The man was found with a Kenyan identity card indicating he was Alfred Kibet Kosgei, 45, from Endebess in the Rift Valley.
The arrest came a few days after the Kenya government handed over another Ugandan, Ali Issa Ssenkumba, a suspect in the bombings. Police suspect he is ethnic Iteso and Sabaot from Endebess near the Kenyan border with Uganda.
He was found with a digital camera, which contained pictures of several classified government installations in Nairobi
and two popular social places in Nairobi.He was also found with a photocopy of an identification card of a place in Uganda. Kenyan security forces have been put on high alert since the bombings in Uganda. More soldiers and police officers have been deployed along the border points to avert attacks in Kenya.
Police commissioner Mathew Iteere said the border points in Northern Kenya had been sealed off to deal with any possible attacks.
He said Kibet has been transferred to Nairobi for further interrogation by the anti-terrorism police.