Saturday, May 30, 2009
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - A threat against Norway's embassy in Nairobi and two Kenyan media houses earlier this week was a hoax, police said on Saturday.The Norwegian mission received an email on Wednesday saying it would be targeted for allegedly backing a Kenyan bid to claim waters off the coast of neighbouring Somalia.
A separate email to the Standard Group and Nation Media Group said the two media houses were "the enemy of Islam".
Two bombings in the last 12 years have killed 240 people in Kenya. The government accused al Qaeda of being behind them.
"Investigators have established that the threat was a hoax generated from a public cyber cafe in downtown Nairobi," police said in a statement.
"Further investigations carried out jointly with other security agencies have ruled out any credibility in the threat."
Kenya is on alert for attacks as new fighting in Somalia between hardline and moderate Islamists rages on.
Western states fear Somalia, mired in civil war for 18 years, could become a haven for militants linked to al Qaeda. (Reporting by Helen Nyambura-Mwaura, edited by Richard Meares)
Source: Reuters, May 30, 2009