Families and victims of the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed more than 200 people have been awarded $907 million (Sh77 billion) in compensation by a US judge.
US district judge John Bates in Washington awarded the damages last Friday, based on formulas that included $3 million for emotional injuries, $5 million for severe physical injuries, and $7 million or more for those blinded and made quadriplegics, according to a statement by the victims’ lawyer, Thomas Fay.
The governments of Iran and Sudan were sued by survivors under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and accused of helping terrorists produce “calculated mayhem” that killed hundreds an injured thousands.
“This judgment is a significant step” in assuring that the victims of terrorism “receive justice for the suffering they experienced,” Fay said. The attack killed 224 people including 12 US citizens.
