Man held over Nairobi blast released
Police have released a man they suspect to be Emrah Erdogan, who they interviewed in relation to Monday's Nairobi blast that left one dead.
The man had boarded a flight to Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
The man, who police circulated his photograph, was holding a German passport under the name Lahbazi Tarek.
He was then handed over to the anti-terror police for questioning and was later released.
It was not immediately clear how long he had been in the country. His flight was to depart JKIA at 7.30am.
Detectives told Nation that the man resembled Mr Erdogan, who they suspect was behind the blast that has so far claimed one life with 35 others injured. Police had indicated that it was not clear whether the suspect was a Turkish or a German national.
It is suspected that he might have entered the country on May 3 together with another Swiss national Magd Najjar and proceeded to Eastleigh in Nairobi.
At JKIA, the man told detectives that he was destined for Lubumbashi.
The man insisted that he was a manager of a power project in Kinshasha but opted to go through Kenya since he could not go by road owing to the war in the region.
“He told us that he had gone to Germany to purchase some electrical equipment,” said one of the detectives who was interrogating the man.
