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Did Timothy McVeigh know there was a daycare in the Murrah federal building?
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Who was sentenced to death for bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City?
Timothy Mcveigh
What did timothy McVeigh blow up?
The Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City.
Who did the Oklahoma City boombing?
Timothy James McVeigh was convicted of the bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995. Also convicted on co-conspiracy charges were Terry Nichols and Michael Fortier.
What tragic event happen in 1995?
Oklahoma City bombing. 168 people were killed when Timothy McVeigh blew up a Federal building. He has since been executed.
Where did the Oklahoma City bombing happen in 1995?
The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
Why did the Oklahoma City bombing occur?
On 19 April 1995, 29 year old Gulf war veteran rented a truck and packed it with about 2,300 kg of explosive material consisting of ammonium nitrate, an agricultural fertiliser, and nitromethane, a highly volatile motor-racing fuel. He then detonated it in the street in front of the Alfred P Murrah federal building, a US government office complex. 168 were killed in the explosion, including 19 children attending a day-care centre in the building. 800 more people were injured, while over 300 buildings in the surrounding area were destroyed or seriously damaged. At the trial, the US Government asserted that McVeigh's motivation for the attack was to avenge the deaths two years earlier of Branch Davidians near Waco, Texas, whom he believed had been murdered by agents of the federal government. On 13 June 1997, Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death by a jury consisting of seven men and five women, who unanimously voted that McVeigh should die by lethal injection: he was executed at a US penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, on 11 June 2001.
When was the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma bombed?
On April 19, 1995, a truck-bomb explosion outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in OklahomaCity, Oklahoma, left 168 people dead and hundreds more injured. The blast was set off by anti-government militant Timothy McVeigh, who in 2001 was executed for his crimes.
Why was Timothy McVeigh tried in federal court for the Oklahoma City bombing?
because the bombing was on federal property because the bombing was on federal property
Why did McVeigh blow up federal building?
It represented the United States within the Heartland of America, was a soft target that could be easily exploited and McVeigh contended that it was in retaliation for Federal misuse of power at Waco and Ruby Ridge.
What year was timothy mcveigh convicted?
Timothy McVeigh was convicted on July 2, 1997 on 11 counts under a federal indictment. The charges included conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, use of a weapon of mass destruction, destruction by explosives, and eight counts of first-degree murder.
What nationality were the terrorists that blew up the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City?
American. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were born and raised in the U.S.A. They served in the US forces. They were home grown terrorists upset at the FBI because of the Waco Indecent.
Why was Michael Fortier arrested?
Michael Joseph Fortier and his wife Lori were arrested as accessories in the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing (Murrah Federal Building) by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. He pled guilty to failing to warn authorities, but received a reduced sentence in exchange for his testimony.
