The Oklahoma City Bombing
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The Oklahoma City Bombing
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The Oklahoma City Bombing occurred on April 19, 1995, when a truck bomb detonated outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. The explosion killed 168 people, including 19 children, and injured hundreds more. The bombing, carried out by domestic terrorists Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, was the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history at the time. McVeigh and Nichols were motivated by anti-government sentiments and a desire to retaliate against the federal government for its handling of the Waco siege in 1993 and the Ruby Ridge incident in 1992. The Oklahoma City Bombing shocked the nation and prompted increased security measures at government buildings across the country. McVeigh was executed in 2001, while Nichols was sentenced to life in prison.