Kenyan government confirms bomb found in bathroom on Mauritius to Paris flight
Kenyan authorities have confirmed that the device found in a bathroom on an Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris is indeed a bomb. The flight made an emergency landing in Mombasa and all passengers and crew are safe.
Authorities are questioning two people reports say.
The airport is closed and passengers are at nearby hotels.
The Kenyan navy has taken the device away to be safely detonated.
[…] An Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris diverted to Kenya where a bomb was found in a lavatory. Too early to draw conclusions about whether it was placed by a passenger onboard or whether it was placed prior to departure by someone else, and what either would imply. […]
It appears that the NY Times is now saying that there were no explosives – just a watch taped to a cardboard box.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/12/20/world/africa/ap-af-kenya-air-france-bomb-scare.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0