In an email interview Mr Mairone, said the judgments in the four consolidated cases had been made. More than 500 clients were represented in the suit and included citizens of either Kenya or Tanzania, but most of them were Kenyans.On August 7, 1998, between 10.30am and 10.40am suicide bombers in explosives-laden trucks rammed the US embassies in Dar-es-Salaam and Nairobi, and almost simultaneously detonated bombs.
Although the attacks were directed at American facilities, the vast majority of casualties were local citizens; 12 Americans were killed, including two CIA employees at the Nairobi embassy.In the Nairobi blast, 213 people were killed, while 11 died in Dar-es-Salaam. An estimated 4,000 people in Nairobi were wounded, another 85 in Dar-es-Salaam.
Justice John D. Bates and other judges in the federal court in Washington have awarded a series of high-dollar judgments to victims of terrorism and their families since 2008. In May 2013, Justice Bates awarded $8.4 billion (Sh714 billion) to victims of the 1983 and 1984 bombings at the US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon and their families.
Justice John D. Bates and others in the federal court in Washington have awarded a series of high-dollar judgments to victims of terrorism and their families since 2008. In May 2013, Justice Bates awarded $8.4 billion (Sh714 billion) to victims of the 1983 and 1984 bombings at the US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon and their families.
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