Excerpted from ENN Intelligence Report-02/22/97-Vol. 3, No.
053
BOMB EXPLODES AT ATLANTA NIGHTCLUB
By The ENN News Staff
ATLANTA (ENN) - At least four people were wounded when a bomb
exploded at a crowded Atlanta gay/lesbian nightclub on Friday
night. Police also found a second bomb outside the building.
Friday's blast was the fourth bombing to 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 had a spike nail through her arm." The
bomb was said to have been packed with nails. 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 nightclub, located just north of downtown Atlanta.
A spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
said that another package was found "near the side of the
building." It was determined that this package contained
another bomb, which was disarmed by bomb experts. It is believed
that both devices are of a "low order" pipe-bomb type
and may have been configured with nails and screws to increase
the anti-personnel 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 teams rushed to the scene -- a common
terrorist tactic. At least one bomb technician
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 the ATF. 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 released. Another woman remains hospitalized. Two victims
suffered shrapnel wounds and two others complained of ear pain
and headaches.
An Atlanta paramedic said a 28-year-old woman had a nail puncture
her right arm and had lost "a significant amount of
blood."
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