NEW YORK - A US court sentenced Saudi exile Khalid al-Fawwaz to life in prison Friday over his role in the 1998 Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in East Africa which killed 224 people.
This August 7, 1998, file image shows Kenyan residents looking at the US embassy (L) days after the bomb blast that killed 224 people in the East African nation
Fawwaz, a 52-year-old described in court as one of late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's most trusted lieutenants, was convicted in February after a five week trial.