Accused Al Qaeda Senior Militant Captured in Sudan

A man on a U.S. list of most-wanted terrorists has been captured in Sudan, a published report said today.

Citing unidentified U.S. intelligence sources, the Sunday Times said Anas Al-Liby, described as a senior militant from Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network, was being held at a high-security prison in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.

He was accused of plotting the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, which killed 224 people.

“He is one of nine militants seized in Khartoum and now being handed over to U.S. authorities,” the newspaper quoted a source close to the CIA as saying.

The suspect lived in Manchester, northern England, before fleeing Britain two years ago as an arrest warrant was issued for him by the United States, the paper said.

British police tracked him down at his home, but he had left by the time they raided it, the paper said.

A Scotland Yard spokesman declined to comment on the report.