1997 Otherside Lounge bombing
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The 1997 Otherside Lounge bombing was a nail-bomb attack on a lesbian nightclub in Atlanta carried out by anti-abortion and anti-LGBT terrorist Eric Robert Rudolph.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1997 Otherside Lounge bombing canonical | 1 |
| Otherside Lounge bombing | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4068575 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1997 Otherside Lounge bombing Context triple: [Centennial Olympic Park bombing, followedBy, 1997 Otherside Lounge bombing]
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A.
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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B.
1993 World Trade Center bombing
The 1993 World Trade Center bombing was a terrorist attack in which a truck bomb detonated beneath the North Tower of New York City's World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring over a thousand in an attempt to topple the Twin Towers.
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C.
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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D.
2003 Canal Hotel bombing
The 2003 Canal Hotel bombing was a devastating suicide truck attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad that killed UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and marked a turning point in international involvement in post-invasion Iraq.
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E.
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.
- 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 Otherside Lounge bombing Target entity description: The 1997 Otherside Lounge bombing was a nail-bomb attack on a lesbian nightclub in Atlanta carried out by anti-abortion and anti-LGBT terrorist Eric Robert Rudolph.
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A.
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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B.
1993 World Trade Center bombing
The 1993 World Trade Center bombing was a terrorist attack in which a truck bomb detonated beneath the North Tower of New York City's World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring over a thousand in an attempt to topple the Twin Towers.
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C.
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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D.
2003 Canal Hotel bombing
The 2003 Canal Hotel bombing was a devastating suicide truck attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad that killed UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and marked a turning point in international involvement in post-invasion Iraq.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
domestic terrorism incident
ⓘ
hate crime ⓘ terrorist bombing ⓘ |
| attackType | bombing ⓘ |
| category |
February 1997 events in the United States
ⓘ
LGBT-related terrorist incidents ⓘ attacks on bars and nightclubs ⓘ terrorist incidents in the United States in 1997 ⓘ |
| city |
Atlanta
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia
|
| claimedBy | Army of God ⓘ |
| convictedPerpetrator | Eric Robert Rudolph ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| damageType | property damage ⓘ |
| date | 1997-02-21 ⓘ |
| hasVictimType |
LGBT people
ⓘ
nightclub patrons ⓘ |
| ideology |
Christian extremist terrorism
ⓘ
far-right terrorism ⓘ |
| location |
Atlanta
ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ Otherside Lounge ⓘ |
| method | improvised explosive device ⓘ |
| motive |
anti-LGBT extremism
ⓘ
anti-abortion extremism ⓘ |
| notableFor | being part of a series of bombings by Eric Robert Rudolph ⓘ |
| numberOfFatalities | 0 ⓘ |
| numberOfInjured | 5 ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
LGBT rights
ⓘ
abortion ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eric Robert Rudolph
ⓘ
surface form:
Eric Rudolph bombings
anti-abortion violence in the United States ⓘ violence against LGBT people in the United States ⓘ |
| perpetrator | Eric Robert Rudolph ⓘ |
| perpetratorStatus | perpetrator convicted ⓘ |
| target | lesbian nightclub ⓘ |
| weaponUsed | nail bomb ⓘ |
| year | 1997 ⓘ |
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Subject: 1997 Otherside Lounge bombing Description of subject: The 1997 Otherside Lounge bombing was a nail-bomb attack on a lesbian nightclub in Atlanta carried out by anti-abortion and anti-LGBT terrorist Eric Robert Rudolph.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Otherside Lounge bombing