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.

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instanceOf domestic terrorism incident
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
date 1995-04-19
explosiveType ANFO
ammonium nitrate fertilizer bomb
fatalities 168
ideology far-right extremism
militia movement
injuries over 680
investigationName OKBOMB
lawEnforcementResponse Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Oklahoma City Police Department
location 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
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
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 Daylight Time
linked to: Central Time Zone
typeOfTarget federal government building
vehicleUsed Ryder rental truck
victimGroup children in day-care center
federal employees
members of the public
year 1995

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Oklahoma City historicalEvent Oklahoma City bombing
Timothy McVeigh notableWork Oklahoma City bombing
Timothy McVeigh perpetrated Oklahoma City bombing
Ruby Ridge standoff hasRelatedEvent Oklahoma City bombing
Waco siege associatedWith Oklahoma City bombing
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building causeOfDestruction Oklahoma City bombing
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building significantEvent Oklahoma City bombing
Terry Nichols notableFor Oklahoma City bombing
Terry Nichols perpetrated Oklahoma City bombing
Terry Nichols appearedInDocumentaryTopic Oklahoma City bombing
Timothy McVeigh notableFor Oklahoma City bombing
subject linked to: Starpoint High School
Michael Fortier notableEvent 1995 Oklahoma City bombing
linked to: Oklahoma City bombing
James Nichols investigatedIn Oklahoma City bombing case
linked to: Oklahoma City bombing
Field of Empty Chairs commemorates 1995 Oklahoma City bombing
linked to: Oklahoma City bombing
Reflecting Pool (Oklahoma City National Memorial) commemoratesEvent Oklahoma City bombing
subject linked to: Reflecting Pool
Gates of Time commemorates Oklahoma City bombing
Rescuers Orchard commemoratesEvent Oklahoma City bombing
Memorial Fence commemoratesEvent Oklahoma City bombing
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building destroyedIn Oklahoma City bombing
Ryder rental truck usedInEvent Oklahoma City bombing
OKBOMB relatedToEvent Oklahoma City bombing
OKBOMB focus bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
linked to: Oklahoma City bombing
Terry Nichols notableEvent Oklahoma City bombing
subject linked to: Lana Walsh (first wife)
Terry Nichols notableEvent Oklahoma City bombing
subject linked to: Marife Torres (second wife)
United States terrorism history includesEvent Oklahoma City bombing
United States terrorism history includesEvent Oklahoma City federal building bombing
linked to: Oklahoma City bombing
Lori Fortier notableFor Oklahoma City bombing
Lori Fortier gaveTestimonyIn United States v. Timothy McVeigh
linked to: Oklahoma City bombing