1997 Atlanta abortion clinic bombing
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The 1997 Atlanta abortion clinic bombing was a domestic terrorist attack carried out by anti-abortion extremist Eric Rudolph against an Atlanta women’s health clinic.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1997 Atlanta abortion clinic bombing canonical | 1 |
| Atlanta Northside Family Planning bombing | 1 |
| Atlanta abortion clinic bombing | 1 |
| Eric Rudolph bombings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 1997 Atlanta abortion clinic bombing Context triple: [Centennial Olympic Park bombing, followedBy, 1997 Atlanta abortion clinic bombing]
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A.
Centennial Olympic Park bombing
The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist attack during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in which a pipe bomb exploded in a public gathering area, killing two people and injuring over a hundred others.
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B.
Oklahoma City bombing
The Oklahoma City bombing was a 1995 domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building that killed 168 people and remains one of the deadliest acts of terrorism in United States history.
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C.
Droppin Well bombing
The Droppin Well bombing was a 1982 attack in Ballykelly, County Londonderry, in which a bomb exploded in a crowded pub frequented by British soldiers, killing 17 people and becoming one of the deadliest incidents of the Troubles.
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D.
Battle of Liberty Place
The Battle of Liberty Place was an 1874 violent insurrection in New Orleans in which the white supremacist White League temporarily overthrew the Reconstruction-era Republican state government.
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E.
Bama massacre
The Bama massacre was a deadly attack in 2014 by Boko Haram on the town of Bama in Borno State, Nigeria, in which hundreds of civilians were killed and widespread destruction occurred.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1997 Atlanta abortion clinic bombing Target entity description: The 1997 Atlanta abortion clinic bombing was a domestic terrorist attack carried out by anti-abortion extremist Eric Rudolph against an Atlanta women’s health clinic.
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A.
Centennial Olympic Park bombing
The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist attack during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in which a pipe bomb exploded in a public gathering area, killing two people and injuring over a hundred others.
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B.
Oklahoma City bombing
The Oklahoma City bombing was a 1995 domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building that killed 168 people and remains one of the deadliest acts of terrorism in United States history.
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C.
Droppin Well bombing
The Droppin Well bombing was a 1982 attack in Ballykelly, County Londonderry, in which a bomb exploded in a crowded pub frequented by British soldiers, killing 17 people and becoming one of the deadliest incidents of the Troubles.
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D.
Battle of Liberty Place
The Battle of Liberty Place was an 1874 violent insurrection in New Orleans in which the white supremacist White League temporarily overthrew the Reconstruction-era Republican state government.
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E.
Bama massacre
The Bama massacre was a deadly attack in 2014 by Boko Haram on the town of Bama in Borno State, Nigeria, in which hundreds of civilians were killed and widespread destruction occurred.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bombing
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domestic terrorism incident ⓘ terrorist attack ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
1997 Atlanta abortion clinic bombing
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surface form:
Atlanta Northside Family Planning bombing
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| category |
1997 crimes in the United States
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January 1997 events in the United States ⓘ attacks on abortion providers ⓘ crimes in Georgia (U.S. state) ⓘ |
| chronology |
followedBy 1997 Atlanta lesbian bar bombing
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followedBy 1998 Birmingham abortion clinic bombing ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| date | 1997-01-16 ⓘ |
| hasCause | anti-abortion extremism ⓘ |
| lawEnforcementAgency |
Atlanta Police Department
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Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ |
| legalOutcome | Eric Robert Rudolph sentenced to multiple life terms ⓘ |
| location |
Atlanta
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surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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| mediaCoverage | widely covered in U.S. national media ⓘ |
| motive | opposition to abortion ⓘ |
| numberOfFatalities | 0 ⓘ |
| numberOfInjured | several ⓘ |
| partOf |
1997 Atlanta abortion clinic bombing
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Eric Rudolph bombings
anti-abortion violence in the United States ⓘ terrorist incidents in the United States in the 1990s ⓘ |
| perpetrator | Eric Robert Rudolph ⓘ |
| perpetratorIdeology |
Christian extremist anti-abortion ideology
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far-right extremism ⓘ |
| perpetratorStatus |
convicted
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identified ⓘ |
| target |
abortion clinic
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women’s health clinic ⓘ |
| usedWeapon | bomb ⓘ |
| year | 1997 ⓘ |
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Subject: 1997 Atlanta abortion clinic bombing Description of subject: The 1997 Atlanta abortion clinic bombing was a domestic terrorist attack carried out by anti-abortion extremist Eric Rudolph against an Atlanta women’s health clinic.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Atlanta abortion clinic bombing
this entity surface form:
Atlanta Northside Family Planning bombing
1997 Atlanta abortion clinic bombing
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partOf
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1997 Atlanta abortion clinic bombing
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Eric Rudolph bombings