Sudan, which the US considers a state sponsor of terrorism, was sued for complicity in the 1998 al Qaeda bombings and ordered to pay $10.2bn
Washington — The US Supreme Court dealt a legal setback to Sudan on Monday, ruling that the African nation cannot avoid punitive damages in lawsuits accusing it of complicity in the 1998 al Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people.
The case hinged on the court's view of a 2008 amendment to a federal law known as the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act allowing for punitive damages. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2017 upheld Sudan's liability but ruled that the amendment was made after the bombings occurred and could not be applied retroactively.
The ruling also ordered the DC circuit court to reconsider its decision that the foreign plaintiffs who sued Sudan under state law in the US also could not seek punitive damages. Twelve Americans were killed in the August 7 1998, attacks. The lawsuits involve 567 people, mostly non-US citizens who were employees of the US government and their relatives.
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