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Air France bomb: Kenya confirms explosive device found in toilets of plane carrying 473 people from Mauritius to Paris
2015-12-20
A suspicious device found in the toilet on Air France flight 463 to Paris is a bomb, Kenyan authorities have confirmed.

Two suspects from the flight are being questioned by Kenyan security forces after the Paris-bound flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Mombasa at 12.37am when a suspicious looking package was discovered in the toilet.

All 459 passengers and 13 crew were escorted safely off the aircraft, while the bomb has been taken by the Kenyan navy to be detonated safely away from the airport.

Kenyan bomb experts have been examining the device since the plane landed, while passengers have been taken to nearby hotels. The security services have cordoned off the airport and flights have been suspended.

Nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the attack
Posted by:Frank G

#3  The device was made of cardboard, paper and a household timer, said Frederic Gagey, the head of Air France. "This object did not contain explosives," said Gagey at a news conference in Paris.
6 passengers being interrogated including the guy who 'found' it.
Posted by: Mugsy Glink   2015-12-20 11:50  

#2  You mean, like a real clock re-assembled in a pencil box?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-12-20 10:43  

#1  "fake" bomb?
Posted by: Frank G   2015-12-20 10:25  

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