LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Oklahoma City bomb - aftermath

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; Speech

TX Date

19 Apr 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:04:38

Description

A massive car-bomb has detonated in a government building in Oklahoma City in America with deaths including twelve children, North America correspondent Simon Marks reports on location. Three men have been identified as suspects but a telephone call which claimed responsibility on behalf of the Nation of Islam has been denied. Includes vox pop with survivors as they are brought out; fire chief describes the rescue work; President Bill Clinton condemns the attack; private detective Robert McGuire(?) perplexed as to why terrorists would target Oklahoma.

Contributors

Bill Clinton; Simon Marks; Robert McGuire(?)

Keywords

USA; Deaths; Terrorism; Children (age group); Bombs; Rescue work; Search and rescue operations; Oklahoma City; Nation of Islam; Muslims

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