FORUM:   FireDept                             HOST: MCBBS
DATE:    Feb-23-97 3:38pm                     MSG:  73
FROM:    BOB FRANKLIN
TO:      ALL
SUBJECT: news flash
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM REPORTS
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BOMB EXPLODES AT ATLANTA NIGHTCLUB
By The ENN News Staff
ATLANTA (ENN) - At least four people were wounded when a bomb exploded a
crowded Atlanta gay/lesbian nightclub on Friday night. Police also found
second bomb outside the building.  Friday's blast was the fourth bombing
occur in or near Atlanta in the past seven months.
A bartender at the nightclub described what she saw by saying, "Several
customers thought a lady had been shot.  She rolled her sleeve up and ha
spike nail through her arm."  The bomb was said to have been packed with
The witness said she saw a flash and head a loud explosion.
The blast happened at about 2200 EST in the rear patio area of the night
located just north of downtown Atlanta.
A spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms said th
another package was found "near the side of the building." It was determ
that this package contained another bomb, which was disarmed by bomb exp
It is believed that both devices are of a "low order" pipe-bomb type and
have been configured with nails and screws to increase the anti-personne
effect.
Friday's bombing appears similar in many ways to the abortion clinic
explosions, where one bomb went off and a second bomb exploded as rescue
rushed to the scene -- a common terrorist tactic.  At least one bomb tec
speculated that last night's circumstances were what is becoming a
familiar "MO" (Method of Operation), to police explosive squad members.
The investigation of this incident is now in the hands of the FBI and th
Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell has assured citizens that a sufficient
number of agents will be committed to this latest investigation, even as
two other task forces work on the Centennial Park Explosion and at a
suburban family planning clinic.
Medical officials said that one man and two women were treated and relea
Another woman remains hospitalized.  Two victims suffered shrapnel wound
two others complained of ear pain and headaches.
An Atlanta paramedic said a 28-year-old woman had a nail puncture her ri
and had lost "a significant amount of blood."
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