AT THE TIME, Bill Clinton, the then President of the United States called those that were behind the bombing “evil cowards”.
Nineteen years ago today, a car bomb exploded outside a government building in Oklahoma City in the US.
The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was extensively damaged in the blast and more than 80 people were killed, including 17 children who were in a nursery. More than 650 people were injured.
Bombing
Until the 9/11 attacks in 2001, the Oklahoma bombing remained the largest terrorist attack on American soil.
Timothy McVeigh, a 33-year old Gulf War veteran, was convicted of the attack and sentenced to death by lethal injection after a two-month trial.
His execution on 11 June 2001 was watched via CCTV by about 30 people including 10 survivors of the bombing and members of the media.
The motive behind the bombing was said to be in retaliation to the Waco siege which also happened on this day.
Here are some images of that day:
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