Kenya: Finnish embassy 'target'

2008-02-06 10:07

Nairobi - The Finnish embassy in Kenya has received terror threats, says ambassador Heli Sirve.

The three threats, received on Saturday by email, said that several Western embassies were targets of an attack that would come from Ethiopia, Sirve said. Only the Finnish Embassy was named in the messages.

She said: "We checked with the Americans, British, Scandinavians and several others, but no one else seems to have received similar threats."

The emails sent to the embassy's inbox, did not say when a possible attack would happen. The messages used Somali senders' names, Sirve said.

Police were investigating the threats, and the embassy had increased security. Terrorist threats targeting Finnish interests were rare, Sirve said.

The Finnish Embassy in Nairobi, situated in an office block, had a staff of 25 people.

- AP