DATE=11/29/02

TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT

TITLE=KENYA / ISRAEL (S)

NUMBER=2-296954

BYLINE=KATY SALMON

DATELINE=KIKAMBALA

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INTRO: Dozens of Israeli officials have arrived in Kenya to assist in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on an Israeli-owned hotel on the Kenyan coast. Katy Salmon has more from Kikambala, where the attack occurred.

TEXT: Five Israeli planes full of doctors and medical equipment were flown in to Kenya to assist the injured. Israeli defense forces and Mossad secret service agents also came to help with investigations.

Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Gilad Millo says all of the Israeli tourists who were victims of Thursday's terrorist attack on Paradise Hotel in Kikambala are now back home in Israel.

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Approximately 250 people have been evacuated. Among those, between 18 and 20 injured and three dead bodies, two of them children -- brothers aged 12 and 16.

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Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi visited the site of the bomb blast Friday afternoon.

The Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel was blown up Thursday morning. Three suicide bombers in a four-wheel drive vehicle rammed their way through a barrier and into the hotel's reception. The vehicle exploded, and the whole hotel went up in flames.

Israeli and Kenyan investigators were at Paradise Hotel Friday, examining remaining fragments of the vehicle and explosives for clues.

Kenyan police have taken 12 suspects into custody for questioning. (Signed)

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