Oklahoma City bombing

Oklahoma City bombing
The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building two days after the bombing
Location	Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Coordinates	35°28′22.4″N 97°31′01″W
Date	Wednesday April 19, 1995 9:02 a.m. CST (UTC–5)
Attack type	truck bomb
Deaths	168
Non-fatal injuries	680+
Perpetrators	Timothy McVeigh, Terry Nichols
Motive	Retaliation for the Waco Siege and Ruby Ridge

The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist attack on April 19, 1995 on the U.S. government in which the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was bombed by Timothy McVeigh. The bombing destroyed the building. The attack killed 168 people and left over 800 people injured. Until the September 11, 2001 attacks, it was the deadliest act of terrorism in the United States.