- Also at the August 7th Memorial Park were religious leaders.
- At least 213 Kenyans and 12 Americans were killed in the attack orchestrated by the Al Qaeda tourists group targeting the US embassy.
Victims of the August 7, 1998 bombing of the US Embassy in Nairobi gathered at the memorial park to mark the 26th anniversary of the terrorist attack.
Families laid flowers to remember their loved ones who died in the attack.
Also at the August 7th Memorial Park were religious leaders.
At least 213 Kenyans and 12 Americans were killed in the attack orchestrated by the Al Qaeda tourists group targeting the US embassy.
More than 5,000 people were seriously injured in the bloody bomb blast that greeted Kenya’s capital.
The attack happened almost simultaneously in the US Embassy in Nairobi and in Dar es Salaam.
Washington claimed that the attacks were masterminded by Osama bin Laden, the former leader of al-Qaida who was killed by U.S. forces in 2011.