MOMBASA, Kenya, May 18 (UPI) -- A tuna with what appeared to be markings on its side of a verse from the Koran has been stolen from the Kenyan Fisheries Department in Mombasa.
Officials say people pretending to work for the National Museum are the culprits and a search is underway, the BBC says.
The fish made news in religious circles around Kenya after the words translated from Arabic to be "You are the best provider," were found on the 5-pound tuna that was caught in the Kenyan port of Vanga.
Some religious leaders called it a sign; skeptics say the result of someone who previously caught the fish, wrote on it and tossed it back, the BBC reports.
The National Museum planned to study and preserve the fish but thieves beat them to it.
Copyright 2006 by United Press International
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