1998 United States embassy bombings
The 1998 United States embassy bombings were attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998. More than 220 people were killed in nearly simultaneous truck bomb explosions in two Capital East African cities, one at the United States Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and the other at the United States Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.
| 1998 United States embassy bombings | |
|---|---|
U.S. embassy in Nairobi after the explosion, with the collapsed Ufundi Building. | |
| Location | Nairobi, Kenya Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| Coordinates | 01°17′21″S 36°49′36″E and 06°47′21″S 39°16′46″E |
| Date | August 7, 1998 10:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. EAT (UTC+3) |
| Target | United States embassies |
Attack type | Truck bombs |
| Weapons | TNT, ammonium nitrate, pistol, stun grenade |
| Deaths | 224 (213 in Nairobi, 11 in Dar es Salaam) |
| Injured | 4,000+ |
| Perpetrators | al-Qaeda Egyptian Islamic Jihad |
| Motive | Revenge for the extradition and alleged torture of Egyptian Islamic Jihad members |
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed and Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah were credited with being the masterminds behind the bombings.
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