September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. On that Tuesday morning,... Wikipedia
- Location: Lower Manhattan, New York, Arlington County, Virginia, Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania
- Date: September 11, 2001, c. 08:13 am – 10:03 am (EDT)
- Target: World Trade Center, (AA 11 and UA 175), The Pentagon, (AA 77), U.S. Capitol Building or the White House (UA 93, unsuccessful due to passenger revolt)
- Attack type: Islamic terrorism, aircraft hijacking, suicide attack, mass murder
- Deaths: 2,996, (2,977 victims + 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists)
- Non-fatal injuries: 6,000–25,000+
- Perpetrators: Al-Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden (see also: responsibility)
- Number of participants: 19
- Motive: Several, see Motives for the September 11 attacks and Fatwas of Osama bin Laden
- Convicted: Zacarias Moussaoui, Imad Yarkas, Mounir el-Motassadeq (see also: Trials related to the September 11 attacks)
- Data source: DuckDuckGo