Kenyan police on trail of a man linked with murder of Venezuelan diplomat

The police requested on Tuesday a bench warrant against Mohammed Hassan, the presumed intimate friend of the first secretary at the Venezuelan Embassy

First Secretary Dwight Sagaray during the hearing (Photo: Efe)

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Tuesday July 31, 2012 11:23 AM

The Kenyan police released on Tuesday the picture of a suspect in relation to the murder last week of chargé d'affaires Olga Fonseca in order to know his whereabouts.

The man wanted is Muhammed Ahmed Mohammed Hassan, police spokesman Eric Kiraithe confirmed, as quoted by local newspaper Daily Nation, Efe reported.

Dwight Sagaray, the first secretary at the Venezuelan Embassy in Kenya, appeared on Monday at the High Court in Nairobi with regard to Fonseca's murder, even though no charges have been made against him.

The Attorney General Office asked for an extension of the remand in custody of the first secretary, detained last Saturday after being stripped of his diplomatic immunity. The purpose is to give the police enough time to complete the enquiry.

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