The victims of two Al-Qaeda US embassy bombings nearly 22 years ago are chasing $10m that was due to be paid to a Greek shipowner in a deal for a tanker, but seized over alleged fraud.

A litany of plaintiffs across the three lawsuits related to the suicide attacks in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on 7 August 1998 filed papers in the District of Columbia federal court last week, asserting their claim on the funds to satisfy judgments awarding each millions.