A Kenyan judge dropped murder charges against four men for their alleged roles in the al-Qaida car bombing of an Israeli-owned hotel that killed 15 people, saying the prosecution did not present sufficient evidence.

A High Court judge in Nairobi is expected to rule today on whether four Kenyan men charged with murder for their alleged roles in the al-Qaida car bombing of an Israeli-owned hotel in Kenya can go free.

Kenyan police are questioning three members of the same family in connection with the November 28 suicide attack at a coastal hotel that killed 11 Kenyans and three Israeli tourists, an independent television station and newspaper reported Sunday.