[Photos] Victims of 1998 terror blast mark 26th anniversary

At least 213 Kenyans and 12 Americans were killed in the attack.

In Summary
  • 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.
Leonora Atieno and Florence Achieng both former workers of TSC point at the names of their colleagues who died in the 1998 bomb blast during the 26th anniversary on August 7, 2024.
Leonora Atieno and Florence Achieng both former workers of TSC point at the names of their colleagues who died in the 1998 bomb blast during the 26th anniversary on August 7, 2024.
Image: EZEKIEL AMING'A

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.

Clerics lay a wreath of flowers to remember the lost ones during the 1998 bomb blast during the 26th anniversary on August 7, 2024.
Clerics lay a wreath of flowers to remember the lost ones during the 1998 bomb blast during the 26th anniversary on August 7, 2024.
Image: EZEKIEL AMING'A

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.

Families lay wreath of flowers to remember their loved ones who died in the 1998 bomb blast during the 26th anniversary on August 7, 2024.
Families lay wreath of flowers to remember their loved ones who died in the 1998 bomb blast during the 26th anniversary on August 7, 2024.
Image: EZEKIEL AMING'A
Kenyans gathered at the August 7th Memorial Park to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the August 7, 1998 bombing
Kenyans gathered at the August 7th Memorial Park to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the August 7, 1998 bombing
Image: EZEKIEL AMING'A
Kenyans lay flowers at the August 7th Memorial Park to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the August 7, 1998 bombing
Kenyans lay flowers at the August 7th Memorial Park to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the August 7, 1998 bombing
Image: EZEKIEL AMING'A
Kenyans gathered at the August 7th Memorial Park to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the August 7, 1998 bombing
Kenyans gathered at the August 7th Memorial Park to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the August 7, 1998 bombing
Image: EZEKIEL AMING'A
Kenyans lay flowers at the August 7th Memorial Park to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the August 7, 1998 bombing
Kenyans lay flowers at the August 7th Memorial Park to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the August 7, 1998 bombing
Image: EZEKIEL AMING'A
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