NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Finnish Embassy in Kenya said on Wednesday it had received an email warning that it was at risk of a possible attack linked to Somalia.
"We have received a warning through email indicating thethreat could come through Ethiopia. The message indicates aSomali connection," Helsinki's envoy, Heli Sirve, told Reuters.
The ambassador said officials at her embassy had contactedKenya's anti-terrorism police to investigate the email, whichwas received at the weekend.
She said it was not clear who sent the message, and she didnot speculate on why the Finnish mission might be attacked.
Ethiopian military forces backing Somalia's interimgovernment have faced an insurgency in the Somali capital sincerouting a hardline Islamist movement from Mogadishu a year ago.
Addis Ababa is also fighting separatist guerrillas in itsremote eastern Ogaden region, which borders anarchic Somalia.
(Reporting by Jack Kimball; Editing by Richard Balmforth)
