The Nairobi US Embassy bombing
A survivor's account of the al-Qaeda attacks in East Africa in 1998 which killed hundreds
Witness History · BBC World Service
April 28, 202110m 13sExplicit
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Show Notes
In August 1998, more than 200 people were killed in co-ordinated bomb attacks on two US embassies in East Africa. They were among the first major attacks linked to Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda network. We hear from George Mimba who was working inside the embassy in Kenya when the bomb detonated.
Photo: Rescue workers at the scene of the Nairobi embassy bombing (AFP/Getty Images)