NAIROBI: Kenyan prosecutors said Monday they extradited a man accused of murdering his girlfriend in the United States in a case that made headlines after he escaped police custody in Nairobi.
Kevin Kang’ethe was the subject of a three-month international manhunt after he fled the United States for his native Kenya following the killing of Margaret Mbitu, who was found stabbed to death in a carpark at Boston’s Logan airport in November.
He was arrested in Kenya in January, but after just one week in detention Kang’ethe slipped out of a holding cell, to the deep embarrassment of the Kenyan police.
He was recaptured in February while hiding out at a relative’s home on the outskirts of Nairobi.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) said in a statement that Kang’ethe had left Kenya on Sunday and would face a murder charge at a court in Boston on Tuesday.
Director of Public Prosecutions Renson Ingonga had assured FBI director Christopher Wray during talks in Nairobi in June that his office was “keen to ensure justice involving this case is done in an expeditious manner,” the statement said.
Four police officers, two relatives and a lawyer were arrested in connection with Kang’ethe’s jailbreak.
Just last month, in another humiliating incident for Kenyan police, a suspected serial killer accused of murdering and dismembering dozens of women escaped from another Nairobi police station.
Police launched a major manhunt after Collins Jumaisi escaped along with 12 Eritrean detainees on August 20 but he has yet to be found.
Kenya extradites suspect in US murder
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Kenya extradites suspect in US murder
Australia charges teenager over alleged death threats to Israeli President Herzog
- Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said Herzog would receive standard security arrangements given to all visiting foreign leaders
SYDNEY: An Australian teenager has been charged for allegedly making online death threats against Israeli President Isaac Herzog, ahead of his upcoming visit to Australia.
The 19-year-old man allegedly made the threats on a social media platform last month “toward a foreign head of state and internationally protected person,” the Australian Federal Police said in a statement.
The offense carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in jail.
Police did not name the intended target of the alleged threats, but Australian media widely reported they were directed at Herzog. The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper also reported the teenager allegedly made threats against US President Donald Trump.
He was refused police bail and will appear before a court in Sydney on Thursday. Police said a mobile phone and equipment for making or using drugs were seized during a search at a home in Sydney on Wednesday.
President Herzog is due to arrive in Australia on Sunday for a five-day visit, following an invitation by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the aftermath of the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach in December.
He is expected to meet survivors and the families of the victims of the shooting at Sydney’s Bondi beach on December 14 at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration, which killed 15 people.
Herzog’s visit has drawn opposition from pro-Palestine groups, with protests planned in major Australian cities.
Police in the state of New South Wales, home to Sydney, on Tuesday extended restrictions on protests in parts of the city ahead of Herzog’s visit, citing “significant animosity” from some groups.
The Palestine Action Group has called on supporters to attend a rally in Sydney on Monday, urging people to march to the New South Wales state parliament in what is described as a “mass, peaceful gathering.”
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said Herzog would receive standard security arrangements given to all visiting foreign leaders.
“He will be a welcomed and honored guest,” Marles told ABC News on Thursday.
