NAIROBI , Kenya ( CNN ) -- Kenyans observed a minute of silence Thursday to mark the 10 year anniversary of al Qaeda terrorists bombing the U.S. embassy in the capital of Nairobi , killing more than 200 people and wounding 5,000 . Kenyan PM Raila Odinga , second left , at the memorial for victims of the U.S embassy bombing in Nairobi . Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga laid a wreath at the memorial site , at the spot where the embassy building used to stand . A smaller memorial was being held at the new embassy compound , and a separate memorial was happening in Dar es Salaam , Tanzania , where another bombing went off nearly simultaneously at the U.S. Embassy and killed 11 people . A decade later , many victims say the U.S. government owes them compensation . The U.S. Congress allocated $ 40 million to rebuild parts of Nairobi and provide `` humanitarian assistance '' to victims , but no financial compensation . `` This indeed has been very painful to the victims -- and the survivors , for that matter , '' said Douglas Sidialo , who was left blinded by the bombing . Sidialo was driving by the embassy and says the last thing he saw was the truck carrying the bomb turn toward the embassy gates . Watch more about the fallout from the bombings 10 years on » . Last weekend Kenyan police said that Fazul Abdullah Mohammed , indicted in the United States for alleged involvement in the bombings , managed to evade police in a raid in Malindi , along Kenya 's coast . The United States calls Mohammed a senior al Qaeda operative in East Africa and believes he was also involved in attacks on an Israeli-owned hotel and airliner in Kenya in 2002 . It has offered a reward of up to $ 5 million for information leading to the apprehension or conviction of Mohammed , who is on FBI 's Most Wanted .
Kenya , Tanzania mark 10th anniversary of al Qaeda bombing U.S. embassies . More than 200 people killed in attacks in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam . Many victims say that the U.S. government still owes them compensation . Last weekend Kenyan police said key suspect in bombings evaded arrest .