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| Kenya holds 'war crimes suspect' | Kenya holds 'war crimes suspect' |
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| Kenyan police are investigating a man arrested on Thursday who they say may be wanted for war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. | Kenyan police are investigating a man arrested on Thursday who they say may be wanted for war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. |
| He was arrested at a resort in the coastal city of Mombasa, police said, and taken to Nairobi for questioning. | He was arrested at a resort in the coastal city of Mombasa, police said, and taken to Nairobi for questioning. |
| The war crimes tribunal is still seeking two fugitives: Bosnian Serb ex-military chief Ratko Mladic and former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic. | The war crimes tribunal is still seeking two fugitives: Bosnian Serb ex-military chief Ratko Mladic and former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic. |
| But AFP news agency quoted Serbian sources as saying the man was German. | But AFP news agency quoted Serbian sources as saying the man was German. |
| Kenyan police told news agencies the detained man was a foreigner who had been in Mombasa for some years and ran a water sports business at a hotel there. | Kenyan police told news agencies the detained man was a foreigner who had been in Mombasa for some years and ran a water sports business at a hotel there. |
| Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe told AFP news agency that they suspected the man was wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). | |
| "His fingerprints will be taken and we will have officers from Interpol to assist us," Mr Kiraithe said. | |
| Mr Mladic, 67, has been indicted by the UN war crimes tribunal on charges of genocide and other crimes against humanity in Bosnia. | Mr Mladic, 67, has been indicted by the UN war crimes tribunal on charges of genocide and other crimes against humanity in Bosnia. |
| Mr Hadzic, 50, is accused of war crimes in Croatia. | Mr Hadzic, 50, is accused of war crimes in Croatia. |
| The arrest of the two men, especially Mr Mladic, is a key requirement of the European Union for closer ties with Serbia. | The arrest of the two men, especially Mr Mladic, is a key requirement of the European Union for closer ties with Serbia. |