Hamden Khalif Allah Awad alias Ahmed the German (actually Egyptian) (August 13, 1970 – August 7, 1998) was one of the perpetrators of the 1998 United States embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. He detonated the bomb in Tanzania, killing himself and 11 other people. In the 1998 indictment he is identified only as Ahmed the German. His real identity emerged later, from telephone calls made during this al-Qaeda conspiracy. References 1970 births 1998 suicides Egyptian al-Qaeda members Egyptian mass murderers Islamist suicide bombers Suicide bombers Suicides in Tanzania 1990s murders in Tanzania 1998 crimes in Tanzania 1998 murders in Africa