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| A British journalist and his Kenyan producer have been released without charge after being arrested by anti-terror police in Kenya. | A British journalist and his Kenyan producer have been released without charge after being arrested by anti-terror police in Kenya. |
| Dan Edge, 29, of Northamptonshire, and Susan Karumba, 27, were arrested on Friday as they filmed in Nairobi. | |
| The pair were released after the British High Commissioner, Adam Wood, became involved. | The pair were released after the British High Commissioner, Adam Wood, became involved. |
| They were making a film for Channel 4's Dispatches programme about the arrests of Islamists in Kenya. | They were making a film for Channel 4's Dispatches programme about the arrests of Islamists in Kenya. |
| Mr Edge and Ms Karumba were taken to two separate police stations at 0800 on Friday (0600 BST) after they filmed outside a police station in the capital of the East African nation. | |
| A spokeswoman for Channel 4 said they held all the required filming permits and had earlier interviewed a government minister. | |
| She said that they had been interviewed as terrorist suspects. | |
| Speaking before they were released, Dispatches editor Kevin Sutcliffe said: "I am surprised at this turn of events given that earlier in the day the crew had been conducting an interview with the Kenyan foreign minister as part of their film." | |
| They were making a documentary on the renditions to Somalia and Ethiopia of hundreds of people who were arrested by Kenyan police, whist fleeing fighting earlier this year. |