DATE=8/12/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-236978
TITLE=KENYA BOMBING (L UPDATE)
BYLINE=CAROL PINEAU
DATELINE=NAIROBI
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  KENYA SAYS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN 
CONNECTION WITH THE BOMBING OF THE U-S EMBASSY.  CAROL PINEAU 
REPORTS FROM NAIROBI.

TEXT:  A STATEMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF KENYAN PRESIDENT DANIEL 
ARAP MOI SAYS THOSE ARRESTED ARE BEING QUESTIONED AND HAVE 
PROVIDED USEFUL LEADS INTO CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE BOMBING.

THE STATEMENT GAVE NO FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE ARRESTS

EARLIER, SEARCH OPERATIONS AT THE BOMBING SITE CAME TO A CLOSE, 
WITH THE FINAL DEATH TOLL STANDING AT 247.  FIVE-THOUSAND PEOPLE 
WERE INJURED, 24 OF THEM STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION IN NAIROBI 
HOSPITALS. 

THE SEARCH AND RESCUE WORKERS -- FROM FRANCE, ISRAEL, KENYA, AND 
THE UNITED STATES -- TOOK PART IN A BRIEF CEREMONY.  TEAM LEADERS
PLACED WREATHS ON A SMALL PILE OF CONCRETE RUBBLE AS A MEMORIAL 
TO THE PEOPLE KILLED IN THE BOMBING.  U-S AMBASSADOR PRUDENCE 
BUSHNELL -- WHO WAS INJURED IN THE EXPLOSION -- SCATTERED RED 
ROSES OVER THE MOUND OF RUBBLE. 

ONE RESCUE WORKER, MEITAL HALAWI FROM THE ISRAELI ARMY, SAYS SHE 
STILL THINKS ABOUT THE TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE.

                      ///  HALAWI ACT  ///

         I AM SO SAID, I CAN NOT EVEN SPEAK, BECAUSE AFTER ALL 
         YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE WE TOOK OUT OF THERE.  
         AND I HOPE THERE WILL NOT BE ANY MORE OF THESE HORRIBLE 
         EVENTS.

                        ///  END ACT  ///

ISRAELI ARMY CAPTAIN EREZ MALKA SAID HE ALSO THOUGHT OF THE DEAD.

                       ///  MALKA ACT  ///

         WE ARE FEELING VERY BAD THAT WE DID NOT GET THE LAST 
         WOMAN ALIVE IN THE LAST HOURS, BUT WE DID A GOOD JOB.  
         THE AMERICANS, THE FRENCH.  THE KENYANS DID A GREAT JOB 
         ON THIS SITE. 

                        ///  END ACT  ///

NAIROBI PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER JOSEPH KAGUTHI SAYS NOW THAT THE 
SEARCH EFFORTS HAVE COME TO A CLOSE, KENYA MUST START THE 
ENORMOUS TASK OF DEALING WITH THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF THE 
BOMBING.

                      ///  KAGUTHI ACT  ///

         I WAS SEEING THAT THIS IS JUST A START.  BUT THE MAIN 
         JOB IS AHEAD. 

                        ///  END ACT  ///

BOMB VICTIM GEORGE GITHIRI WAS AMONG THOSE WATCHING THE CEREMONY.
MR. GITHIRI WAS ON THE 16TH FLOOR OF A NEARBY BANK BUILDING -- 
WHEN THE EXPLOSION SHATTERED WINDOWS AND TOPPLED DEBRIS ONTO HIM.

                      ///  GITHIRI ACT  ///

         WHERE I WAS, LOOKING PROM OUTSIDE, IT WAS A MIRACLE.  I 
         AM GRATEFUL FOR THE GRACE OF GOD FOR SAVING ME. 

                        ///  END ACT  ///

KENYAN OFFICIALS AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS PLAN MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR
NEXT WEEK.   (SIGNED)

NEB/CP/JWH/RAE

12-Aug-98 2:32 PM EDT (1832 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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