Terrorist attack

1993 World Trade Center bombing

26 Feb 1993 · 40.71° N, 74.01° W

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When
26 Feb 1993
Kind
Terrorist attack
Coordinates
40.71° N, 74.01° W

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Summary

World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six people and injuring over one thousand.

1993 World Trade Center bombing

Terrorist attack in the United States

On February 26, 1993, Ramzi Yousef and associates carried out a van bomb terrorist attack below the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The approximately 1,500-pound (680 kg) urea nitrate–hydrogen gas enhanced device was intended to make the North Tower collapse onto the South Tower, taking down both skyscrapers and killing tens of thousands of people.

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