Key facts
- Date
- April 19, 1995 ; 31 years ago ( 1995-04-19 ) , 9:02 a.m. CDT ( UTC-05:00 )
- Target
- U.S. federal government
- Attack type
- Truck bombing mass murder domestic terrorism right-wing terrorism
- Weapons
- ANFO fertilizer truck bomb .45 ACP Glock 21 Gen 2 (unused, conceal carried by McVeigh)
- Deaths
- 168 (167 directly, 1 indirectly)
- Perpetrators
- Timothy McVeigh Terry Nichols
- Motive
- Anti-government sentiment Retaliation for the Ruby Ridge standoff , Waco siege and Federal Assault Weapons Ban
- Convictions
- McVeigh: , 11 counts, Nichols: , 163 state counts 9 federal counts
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- Image
- Oklahomacitybombing-DF-ST-98-01356.jpg
- Number of deaths
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