Editing 1998 US Embassy bombings (section)

== Attack ==
On 7 August 1998, two trucks containing the explosives were dispatched in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi. A suicide bomber known only by the name [[Azzam (suicide bomber)|Azzam]] drove his truck towards the Nairobi embassy, along with [[Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali |Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali]], who shouted at security guard Benson Okuku Bwaku to open the gate and fired at him when he refused to comply. After the gates were opened, Al-Owhali threw a stun grenade at embassy guards before jumping out of the car and running away just before Azzam detonated the bomb, killing himself and 213 others in the embassy and the neighbouring Ufundi Building.

Meanwhile in Dar es Salaam, suicide bomber [[Hamden Khalif Allah Awad]] drove a second truck into the embassy, but was prevented from getting close enough by a water truck that blocked his way. After being prevented from entering, Awad blew himself up, killing 11 people.

A group known as "The Liberation Army for Holy Sites" claimed responsibility, however investigators concluded that it was a pseudonym for the real attackers, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, who had planned the bombings as a revenge attack in conjunction with Al-Qaeda. Twenty-one indictments were released for the attack, including for bin Laden, Atef, al-Zawahiri, Odeh, Atwah and Al-Owhali. As of 2022, all 21 individuals are either dead or in custody, with the exception of [[Saif al-Adel]].
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