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	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, Michael Fortier, Lori Fortier
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. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, was attacked by Timothy McVeigh. The truck bombing destroyed much of the building. As a result it had to be demolished. McVeigh and Terry Nichols detonated a truck bomb, killing 168 people and injuring over 800 people. Until the September 11 attacks, it was the deadliest act of terrorism in the US.