Gen bruno de bourdoncle de saint-salvy , french naval commander in the indian ocean , said the plane had come down about 15km ( eight nautical miles ) north of the comoran coast .
A comoran who moves up and down the coast between somalia and madagascar to the south , he is wanted for his alleged involvement in bombing both the american embassy in kenya 's capital , nairobi , in 1998 , and a hotel full of israeli tourists in the kenyan port of mombasa in 2002 .
The spokesman for the comoros government , education minister abdourahim said bacar , says comoran troops backed by african union forces from tanzania and sudan landed before dawn on the rebel-island .
