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Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001) was an American domestic terrorist who perpetrated the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995. The bombing killed 168 people (19 of whom were children), injured 680, and destroyed one-third of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building .
Sep 10, 2024 · Timothy McVeigh (born April 23, 1968, Pendleton, New York, U.S.—died June 11, 2001, Terre Haute, Indiana) was an American domestic terrorist who carried out the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 9, 2021 · McVeigh’s 1995 bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City killed 168 people in all, including 19 children who were attending daycare in the complex. It was, at the time, a terrorist attack of unprecedented magnitude on American soil.
On the morning of April 19, 1995, an ex-Army soldier and security guard named Timothy McVeigh parked a rented Ryder truck in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma...
Sep 9, 2024 · Although at first suspicion wrongly focused on Middle Eastern terrorist groups, attention quickly centred on Timothy McVeigh —who had been arrested shortly after the explosion for a traffic violation—and his friend Terry Nichols.
- John Philip Jenkins
Dec 16, 2009 · The 1995 Oklahoma City bombing at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, carried out by Timothy McVeigh, killed 168 people and left hundreds more injured.
Perpetrated by anti-government extremists Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, the bombing occurred at 9:02 a.m. and killed 168 people, injured 680, and destroyed more than one-third of the building, which had to be demolished. The blast destroyed or damaged 324 other buildings and caused an estimated $652 million worth of damage.
