the Oklahoma City bombing
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- the occasion on 19 April 1995 when a car bomb exploded in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 people and injuring more than 400. At the time it was the worst terrorist act ever carried out in the US. The bomb destroyed the city's Federal Building. After investigating the crime, the FBI arrested Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, members of a group who were prepared to use violence to protest against actions by the government. McVeigh was condemned to death. The bombing made Americans aware of new dangerous groups within the country.
俄克拉荷马城爆炸案：1995年4月19日，汽车炸弹在俄克拉荷马州俄克拉荷马市爆炸，造成168人死亡，400多人受伤。当时，这是美国有史以来最严重的恐怖行为。炸弹炸毁了该市的联邦大楼。在调查了这一罪行之后，联邦调查局逮捕了蒂莫西·麦克维（Timothy McVeigh）和特里·尼科尔斯（Terry Nichols），他们准备利用暴力抗议政府的行动。麦克维被判处死刑。炸弹袭击使美国人意识到该国境内新的危险团体。