Two international officials in Nairobi said Wednesday the incident is similar to the Detroit attack in that the Somali man had a syringe, a bag of powdered chemicals and liquid. U.S. officials are aware of the incident and hastening to investigate any possible links with the Detroit attack.
Somali arrested last month at airport with chemicals, syringe
MOGADISHU, Somalia
Police spokesman Abdulahi Hassan Barise says the suspect was
arrested before the Nov. 13 Daallo Airlines flight departed. It was
scheduled to travel from Mogadishu to the northern Somali city of
Hargeisa, then to Djibouti and Dubai.
