Update On Terrorist Arrested In Kenya

A team from India has been dispatched to Kenya to bring back Abdul Karim Tunda, the wanted terrorist bomber arrested there yesterday. Kenya has expressed it's willingness to turn the man over to someone, but there appears to be a little confusion as to who is going to get him, India or the US.

NEW DELHI: Kenya has expressed its willingness to deport Abdul Karim Tunda, the terrorist arrested by the Kenyan police on Thursday and kept in a prison in Mombasa, after his identity has been confirmed by Indian authorities who are expected to reach the port city to get hold of him.

A team comprising officials of CBI and MEA will shortly leave for Kenya to identify and seek custody of one of India’s 20 most wanted terrorists. Sources said Tunda is very high on the hierarchy of Lashkar-e-Taiba and his arrest will help in busting many LeT modules in the country and its sleeper cells.

But a Kenyan newspaper - Kenya Times - reported on Saturday that the terrorist had been shifted from ‘‘Mombasa central prison to Nairobi under a heavy anti-terrorism police guard on his way to being deported to an unknown country.’’
However, confusion about Tunda's arrest continued late into the day. Even as Kenyan police denied that the arrested man was Tunda, Indian agencies were absolutely confident in their assessment that it was indeed him. As for a report quoting the Kenyan police spokesperson that the man was from west Asia and was being handed over to FBI, sources said that the confusion could be because Tunda’s name had figured in the bombing of the US embassy in Tanzania. This explained FBI’s interest in him.

Well, this is getting interesting, isn't it? Earlier post here.