DATE=10/8/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=SAF ARRESTS (S-ONLY)
NUMBER=2-254794
BYLINE=ALEX BELIDA
DATELINE=JOHANNESBURG
CONTENT=

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INTRO:  In a joint operation, U-S and South African 
authorities are reported to have arrested one or more 
suspects in connection with last year's U-S Embassy 
bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, which killed more than 
200 people.  V-O-A Correspondent Alex Belida reports 
from Johannesburg.

TEXT:  U-S and South African authorities have had no 
official comment on the reported arrests.  

But the "Cape Argus" newspaper reports one Tanzanian 
man is already in custody while a manhunt continues 
for several accomplices believed hiding in the Cape 
area.  

The "Cape Times" newspaper reports several suspects 
have been detained.  It says the suspects are not 
South Africans, but gives no further details.

U-S officials have already indicted more than one-
dozen people in connection with the embassy bombings, 
some of whom are in custody and others who remain at-
large.  They include Saudi-born fugitive Osama Bin 
Laden, the suspected mastermind of the twin bomb 
attacks.  

A five-million-dollar reward has been posted for 
information leading to the capture of those involving 
in the bombings.  (Signed)  

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Source: Voice of America
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