CID seek Interpol help to net suspect

The Criminal Investigation Department has sought the help of Interpol in arresting a suspect in connection with the murder of Venezuelan ambassador in Nairobi last month.

In a brief to the global police body, the CID want a red notice issued, so that he can be arrested in any part of the world and handed over to Kenyan authorities.

The officers took the step in the wake of fears that the suspect might have left the country after 10 days of unsuccessful search for him.

In their request, the detectives attached arrest warrants granted by High Court judge Florence Muchemi against Mr Muhammed Ahmed Mohammed Hassan.

Ms Olga Fonseca was killed at the ambassador’s official residence in Runda, Nairobi, on July 26, barely two weeks after assuming office, replacing Mr Gerarto da Silva, who left the country amid allegations of sexual abuse by some of the embassy’s employees.

CID boss Ndegwa Muhoro said: “We want to pass on the information we have to Interpol so that a red notice is issued. We have the picture of the person we are looking for and there are more details about him from the registrar of persons. The details will be fed to the Interpol database and wherever he is spotted, he will be handed back to us.”

The man being sought was not an embassy official but police say he had on many occasions posed as one, and giving orders to employees.

Prison remand

Mr Hassan is to be charged alongside Mr Dwight Saragay, who is in custody.

Mr Saragay, the First Secretary in the Venezuelan embassy, denied killing Ms Fonseca before Judge Muchemi yesterday and was remanded at Industrial Area prison.

The case could not proceed until Mr Hassan is presented in court.

The judge ordered the case to be mentioned in seven days to establish whether “the police have arrested the run-away suspect.”