Briton detained at Nairobi Airport over involvement in mall massacre suspicion

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Last Updated : Sep 27 2013 | 3:05 PM IST

Kenyan police have reportedly detained a Briton at Nairobi's International Airport over suspicion of his involvement in Saturday mall massacre.

A British passport holder, who was heading for London, has been held for three days and is being questioned by the Kenyan police about his facial bruises, Sky News reports.

His passport showed he was born in Somalia, and he received UK citizenship just two years ago, the report added.

According to the report, the suspect rushed to change the display on his laptop, when police went to arrest him.

He told the police that he got his bruises from a fighting in his homeland, Somalia.

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First Published: Sep 27 2013 | 1:38 PM IST

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