East African medical journal
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The 1998 terrorist bombing of the US-Embassy in Nairobi resulted in the highest number of civilian deaths ever recorded from a single urban terrorist bombing in global history. ⋯ The anatomical pattern of injuries and other pathological findings among fatalities from this terrorist bombing are similar to those recorded from other bombing incidents worldwide. Contributory factors to the high fatality include the collapse of a densely populated building, the TNT-equivalent force of the bomb, the confined site of detonation, and probably the lack of a proper disaster response system.