POLICE began searching vehicles near Heathrow airport yesterday sparking fears of a possible terrorist missile attack on a low flying plane.

US President George W Bush yesterday said he believes Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network was involved in attacks in Kenya last week.

The British High Commission in Kenya has been closed until further notice because of a ”specific” threat, the mission’s spokesman said in Nairobi tonight.

Kenyan and Israeli authorities were today working on reassembling hundreds of shattered fragments of the vehicle used in a suicide attack three days ago on a resort hotel frequented by Israeli tourists in which 16 people were killed.

A Mossad-led team of Israeli experts was carrying out sweeping searches in Mombasa today, after the two terrorist attacks on their countrymen.

An Israeli army team today began evacuating tourists injured in a deadly suicide bombing at a beach resort in Kenya as investigators sought to determine who was behind twin attacks.

Two people are being questioned after suicide terrorists killed 15 people in an attack on a Kenyan tourist resort hotel.

THERE were renewed fears last night that terrorists were targeting tourists after twin attacks on an Israeli hotel and passenger plane in Africa.

A DEADLY shooting spree yesterday by a pair of Palestinian gunmen at a polling station in northern Israel, and twin attacks on Israeli tourists in faraway Kenya, marred a Likud Party leadership primary in which Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was expected to defeat foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Passengers targeted in today’s failed missile attack on an Israeli airliner said they heard a loud boom just after takeoff, but were told by the crew it was a technical problem.

Suspected Islamic terrorists crashed a large car bomb into a resort hotel filled with Israelis in Kenya today, killing 11 tourists and staff.

Israeli Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the two had died in the apparent suicide attack on the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel, but could not confirm other reports putting the death toll as high as eight.

Children were among the injured today when an explosion rocked the lobby of a hotel popular with Israelis in Mombasa, Kenya, Israeli officials said.