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1993 World Trade Center bombing

26 February 1993

Truck bomb detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. It took place on 26 February 1993. The setting was World Trade Center. Those involved included Ramzi Yousef (born 1968), Eyad Ismoil, Mahmud Abouhalima and Ahmed Ajaj. About 6 people died. Some 1,042 were injured.

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