Nairobi Airport Fire: Police and airport staff questioned over looting allegations

Police officers and airport workers are being questioned over suspected acts of looting during a fire at a airport in Kenya's capital Nairobi earlier this week. Investigators say some of the acts have been caught on surveillance cameras, and that items stolen include cash and alcohol. Seven police officers, including an inspector, are being questioned. Speaking to the AFP news agency, one investigator said: "It is embarrassing because some of them concentrated on looting instead of raising alarms", adding: "We're questioning all of them. Police officers, immigration staff, civilians who work in other areas and even taxi drivers". The cause of the fire at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has not yet been determined, but Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has ruled out terrorism; and warned that those found to be responsible would be punished. The fire at the airport, which handles around six million passengers a year, took around four hours to bring under control.