Oklahoma City bombing
The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, on April 19, 1995. The bombing... Wikipedia
- Location: Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
- Date: April 19, 1995, 9:02 a.m. CDT (UTC-05:00)
- Target: U.S. federal government
- Attack type: Truck bombing, mass murder, domestic terrorism, right-wing terrorism
- Weapons: ANFO fertilizer truck bomb, Glock 21 Gen 2 (not used)
- Deaths: 167–168 direct deaths, 1 indirect
- Non-fatal injuries: 684 –759
- Perpetrators: Timothy James McVeigh and Terry Lynn Nichols
- Motive: Anti-government sentiment, Retaliation for the Ruby Ridge standoff, Waco siege, U.S. foreign policy and Federal Assault Weapons Ban
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