Oklahoma City bombing
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The Oklahoma City bombing was a 1995 domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building that killed 168 people and remains one of the deadliest acts of terrorism in United States history.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oklahoma City bombing canonical | 12 |
| 1995 Oklahoma City bombing | 1 |
| Oklahoma City bombing case | 1 |
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Target entity: Oklahoma City bombing Context triple: [Oklahoma City, historicalEvent, Oklahoma City bombing]
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A.
Centennial Olympic Park bombing
The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist attack during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in which a pipe bomb exploded in a public gathering area, killing two people and injuring over a hundred others.
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B.
Waco siege
The Waco siege was a 1993 law enforcement standoff in Texas between U.S. federal agencies and the Branch Davidians religious sect that ended in a deadly fire and remains one of the most controversial operations in modern American policing.
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C.
Droppin Well bombing
The Droppin Well bombing was a 1982 attack in Ballykelly, County Londonderry, in which a bomb exploded in a crowded pub frequented by British soldiers, killing 17 people and becoming one of the deadliest incidents of the Troubles.
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1998 United States embassy bombings
The 1998 United States embassy bombings were coordinated truck bomb attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed hundreds of people and marked one of al-Qaeda’s earliest large-scale international terrorist operations.
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E.
Battle of Liberty Place
The Battle of Liberty Place was an 1874 violent insurrection in New Orleans in which the white supremacist White League temporarily overthrew the Reconstruction-era Republican state government.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Oklahoma City bombing Target entity description: The Oklahoma City bombing was a 1995 domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building that killed 168 people and remains one of the deadliest acts of terrorism in United States history.
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A.
Centennial Olympic Park bombing
The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist attack during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in which a pipe bomb exploded in a public gathering area, killing two people and injuring over a hundred others.
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B.
Waco siege
The Waco siege was a 1993 law enforcement standoff in Texas between U.S. federal agencies and the Branch Davidians religious sect that ended in a deadly fire and remains one of the most controversial operations in modern American policing.
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C.
Droppin Well bombing
The Droppin Well bombing was a 1982 attack in Ballykelly, County Londonderry, in which a bomb exploded in a crowded pub frequented by British soldiers, killing 17 people and becoming one of the deadliest incidents of the Troubles.
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D.
1998 United States embassy bombings
The 1998 United States embassy bombings were coordinated truck bomb attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed hundreds of people and marked one of al-Qaeda’s earliest large-scale international terrorist operations.
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E.
Battle of Liberty Place
The Battle of Liberty Place was an 1874 violent insurrection in New Orleans in which the white supremacist White League temporarily overthrew the Reconstruction-era Republican state government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
domestic terrorism incident
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mass murder ⓘ terrorist attack ⓘ truck bombing ⓘ |
| accomplice |
Michael Fortier
ⓘ
Terry Nichols ⓘ |
| accompliceTerryNicholsSentence | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| arrestOfPrimaryPerpetrator | 1995-04-19 ⓘ |
| buildingCollapsed | Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building ⓘ |
| buildingDamaged | Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building ⓘ |
| childFatalities | 19 ⓘ |
| city | Oklahoma City ⓘ |
| commemorationDate | April 19 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| date | 1995-04-19 ⓘ |
| explosiveType |
ANFO
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ammonium nitrate fertilizer bomb ⓘ |
| fatalities | 168 ⓘ |
| ideology |
far-right extremism
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militia movement ⓘ |
| injuries | over 680 ⓘ |
| investigationName | OKBOMB ⓘ |
| lawEnforcementResponse |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ Oklahoma City Police Department ⓘ |
| location |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
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surface form:
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
| mediaCoverage | extensive national and international coverage ⓘ |
| memorial | Oklahoma City National Memorial ⓘ |
| memorialLocation | site of the former Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building ⓘ |
| method | truck bomb ⓘ |
| motive |
anti-government extremism
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revenge for Ruby Ridge incident ⓘ revenge for Waco siege ⓘ |
| perpetrator | Timothy McVeigh ⓘ |
| primaryPerpetratorConviction | federal murder and conspiracy charges ⓘ |
| primaryPerpetratorExecutionDate | 2001-06-11 ⓘ |
| primaryPerpetratorSentence | death penalty ⓘ |
| significance |
deadliest act of terrorism on U.S. soil before September 11 attacks
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one of the deadliest acts of terrorism in United States history ⓘ |
| state | Oklahoma ⓘ |
| target | Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building ⓘ |
| time | 09:02 local time ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central Time Zone
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surface form:
Central Daylight Time
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| typeOfTarget | federal government building ⓘ |
| vehicleUsed | Ryder rental truck ⓘ |
| victimGroup |
children in day-care center
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federal employees ⓘ members of the public ⓘ |
| year | 1995 ⓘ |
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Subject: Oklahoma City bombing Description of subject: The Oklahoma City bombing was a 1995 domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building that killed 168 people and remains one of the deadliest acts of terrorism in United States history.
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