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May 23, 2024 · On July 27, 1996, a single homemade pipe bomb left in a knapsack exploded amid a crowd of spectators in Centennial Olympic Park, near the main sites of the Olympic Games in Atlanta. The blast caused by the crude device killed one person and injured 112 others. A photojournalist also died, of a heart attack while running to cover the event.
Jun 30, 2021 · It took law enforcement seven years to identify and capture Eric Robert Rudolph (above), the real culprit behind the 1996 Olympics bombing in Atlanta. Rudolph was a 29-year-old member of the Army of God, an extremist anti-abortion Christian organization. He terrorized Atlanta, Georgia, and Birmingham, Alabama residents with four bombings ...
Sep 22, 2016 · On July, 27, Eric Rudolph planted a bomb in Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia, where thousands had gathered to celebrate the Olympics. The resulting explosion killed one and injured over 100. Rudolph carried out three additional bombing incidents between 1996 and 1998 in Atlanta and Birmingham, Alabama, killing one and injuring over 50.
Jul 27, 2016 · Twenty years ago today, my friends and I arrived in Atlanta around 9 a.m. for our first Olympic experience. We had tickets to a baseball game between the U.S. and Australia at old Fulton County ...
Dec 13, 2019 · Midway through the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, three pipe bombs went off in the Centennial Olympic Park, killing two people and injuring 111. The man behind the bombing was 29-year ...
Mar 28, 2014 · Three spectators died: a 23-year-old woman, a 29-year-old woman and an 8-year-old boy, while more than 260 other people were wounded. Sixteen people lost legs; the youngest amputee was a 7-year ...
Dec 12, 2022 · Dec. 15, 1998: A US appeals court rules relatives of the 189 Americans killed in the bombing can sue Libya for its possible role in sponsoring the attack. April 5, 1999: Libya hands over the ...
