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Embassy Bombings

U.S. Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya

When: August 7, 1998; 10:30 a.m. local time.

Explosive Device: A truck bomb, detonated in the embassy's rear parking entrance.

Death Toll: 12 American diplomats, around 200 Kenyan citizens.

Injuries: 10 Americans, 12 foreign service nationals seriously injured; 4,000 Kenyans injured.

U.S. Embassy, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

When: August 7, 1998; 10:39 a.m. local time

Explosive Device: A bomb detonated by a suicide bomber in a truck located 35 feet from the embassy complex's outer wall.

Death Toll: 11 Tanzanians.

Injuries: 85 injured, including 2 Americans.