| Wall Street bombing | |
|---|---|
 The aftermath of the explosion. Federal Hall National Memorial is at the right. | |
| Location | Manhattan, New York City |
| Coordinates | 40°42′25″N 74°00′37″W / 40.7070°N 74.0103°W |
| Date | September 16, 1920 12:01 pm |
| Target | Wall Street |
Attack type | Horse-drawn wagon bomb Animal-borne bomb attack |
| Deaths | 40 (plus one horse)[1] |
| Injured | 143 seriously injured, several hundred total |
| Motive | Possible revenge for the arrests of Sacco and Vanzetti and/or the deportation of Luigi Galleani |
The Wall Street bombing was an act of terrorism on Wall Street at 12:01 pm on Thursday, September 16, 1920. The blast killed 30 people immediately, and another 10 later died of wounds that they sustained in the blast. There were 143 seriously injured, and the total number of injured was in the hundreds.[2]: 160–61 [3]
The bombing was never solved, although investigators and historians believe it was carried out by Galleanists, a group responsible for a series of bombings the previous year.
- ^ McCann, Joseph T. (2006). Terrorism on American Soil: A Concise History of Plots and Perpetrators from the Famous to the Forgotten. Sentient Publications. p. 63. ISBN 1591810493. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
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