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
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo