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DATE=8/10/98 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-236829 TITLE=BOMB SUSPECTS (S) BYLINE=ALEX BELIDA DATELINE=DAR ES SALAAM CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: AUTHORITIES IN TANZANIA HAVE TAKEN ONE OR MORE SUSPECTS INTO CUSTODY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BOMBING OF THE U-S EMBASSY IN DAR ES SALAAM. CORRESPONDENT ALEX BELIDA REPORTS FROM THE TANZANIAN CAPITAL. TEXT: POLICE COMMISSIONER WILSON MWANSASU TELLS V-O-A SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN CONNECTION WITH THE BOMB ATTACK. BUT FOR THE MOMENT, HE IS REFUSING TO GIVE OUT DETAILS. HE INDICATES MORE INFORMATION MAY BE RELEASED TUESDAY AFTER, HE SAYS, THE CASE FILE HAS BEEN PUT IN ORDER. U-S OFFICIALS IN DAR ES SALAAM HAVE DECLINED TO COMMENT. AN EMBASSY SPOKESMAN SAYS HE WILL NOT CONFIRM OR DENY ANYTHING WHILE THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE BLAST GOES ON. THE WEEKLY "EAST AFRICAN" REPORTED (MONDAY) POLICE IN THE NORTHERN TANZANIAN TOWN OF ARUSHA WERE SAID TO BE ON THE TRACKS OF WHAT THE NEWSPAPER CALLS A GROUP OF MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALISTS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE BOMBING. (SIGNED) NEB/BEL/JWH 10-Aug-98 11:11 AM EDT (1511 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America .