Kenyan police apologise after mistaking teenage girl for deadly terrorist

The 15-year-old girl was "harassed by police" after they wrongly identified her as Brit Samantha Lewthwaite – commonly known as the White Widow who was married to 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay.

The Kenyan government has said sorry to the American girl and her family and offered an all-expenses-paid-trip as compensation for the shocking error.

The teen, who has not been identified, was in the area of Mlolongo, outside the Kenyan capital Nairobi, when she was approached by the blundering...

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

BBC

Deadly explosions in Kenyan capital

At least six people have been killed and several more wounded in explosions in a suburb of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, officials say.

 

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BBC

Deadly floods in Kenyan capital

At least nine people die after a wall surrounding a mosque collapses amid heavy rains in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, authorities say.

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

10 Jul

Police recover dismembered body of teenage boy, place father in custody

IPPmedia
Police recover dismembered body of teenage boy, place father in custody
IPPmedia
The dismembered body of a 13-year old boy has been recovered at his parents' house in the village of Mwakinebu in Kishapu District. Missing from the body that had started decomposing were his private parts, nose, eyes, forehead skin and tongue.

 

10 years ago

Coastweek

21 Oct

Police in northern Tanzania gun down suspect of terrorist attacks

IPPmedia
Police in northern Tanzania gun down suspect of terrorist attacks
Coastweek
ARUSHA, Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Police in northern Tanzania have killed a man suspected to be a mastermind of terrorist attacks in the country's major cities of Arusha and Dar es Salaam, and Zanzibar, Tanzania's semi-autonomous region. Arusha Regional ...
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Police gun down terror kingpin in Arusha CityDaily News

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10 years ago

TheCitizen

26 Feb

Police arrest 18 over deadly Iringa clashes

Some 18 people have been arrested over Tuesday’s violence in Kilolo District during which a woman was killed and a police station was set ablaze.

 

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GlobalPost

07 Jan

Tanzania police arrest 15 over albino girl kidnap

Tanzania police arrest 15 over albino girl kidnap
GlobalPost
Tanzanian police said Wednesday they had arrested 15 people following the kidnap of an albino girl in the north of the country, where albino body parts are sold for witchcraft. Three members of the four-year-old girl's family were among those arrested, ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Dec

Police jailed for life for defiling 13 year-old-girl

A police officer stationed in the Dar es Salaam Special Police Zone was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of defiling and sodomising a 13-year-old girl.

 

10 years ago

The Standard Digital News (Satire) (Press Release) (Registration) (Blog)

18 Jan

Tanzania police offer reward for missing albino girl

Tanzania police offer reward for missing albino girl
The Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)
Tanzanian police on Sunday offered a reward for information leading to the recovery, dead or alive, of an albino girl feared to have been kidnapped for her body parts. Four-year-old Pendo Emmanuelle Nundi was kidnapped late last month from her home in ...

 

9 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

30 Dec

Tanzania: Police Jailed for Life for Defiling 13 Year-Old-Girl

Tanzania: Police Jailed for Life for Defiling 13 Year-Old-Girl
AllAfrica.com
Dar es Salaam — A police officer stationed in the Dar es Salaam Special Police Zone was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of defiling and sodomising a 13-year-old girl. Ilala District Court also ordered PC Daniel, 24 ...

 

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