According to KDF spokesperson General Samson Mwathethe , the explosion was three times more powerful in comparison to the 1998 United States embassy bombings in Nairobi . The massive blast damaged the command and communications buildings , as well as an armory and fuel depots of the base , killing dozens of soldiers . Al Shabaab named the suicide bomber as AbduQadir Ali
1998 United States embassy bombings in Nairobi
1998 United States embassy bombings
Battle of El Adde