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Eric Robert Rudolph (born September 19, 1966), also known as the Olympic Park Bomber, is an American domestic terrorist convicted for a series of bombings across the Southern United States between 1996 and 1998, which killed two people and injured over 100 others, including the Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
- May 5, 1998
- September 19, 1966 (age 57), Merritt Island, Florida, U.S.
- Bob Randolph, Robert Randolph, Bobby Rudolph
The Attacks . Rudolph began his violent attacks on July 27, 1996. As spectators watched the 1996 Summer Olympics, he planted a bomb in Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta.
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Mar 29, 2024 · Date: July 27, 1996. Location: Atlanta. Georgia. United States. Centennial Olympic Park. Atlanta Olympic Games bombing of 1996, bombing that occurred at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, resulting in two deaths and more than 100 injuries.
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Jul 27, 2016 · The FBI charged the real bomber, Eric Rudolph, in 1998 after linking the attack to similar ones at a gay nightclub and at abortion clinics. Rudolph fled, setting off one of the largest manhunts in ...
Far-right extremism. The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist pipe bombing attack on Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, July 27, 1996, during the Summer Olympics. The blast directly killed one person and injured 111 others; another person later died of a heart attack.
Olympic Park Bombing. Another domestic terrorism incident shocked the nation just a year after the Oklahoma City Bombing. In July 1996, the United States was hosting the Olympic games in Atlanta, Georgia. On July 27, while people were gathered in Centennial Olympic Park, a 911 call came in threatening to bomb the park.
