Coerced Confession Cited in Bomb Trial
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A Saudi on trial in the deadly 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa asked a judge in a closed hearing in New York to throw out his confession, arguing in court papers that American interrogators threatened to hang him “like a dog” if he did not cooperate.
Federal prosecutors say Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-’Owhali admitted hurling a stun grenade at a guard outside the embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, just before a bomb exploded, killing more than 200 people. Al-’Owhali, 24, said his confession was coerced by U.S. investigators who threatened to hurt him and his family, according to court papers.
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