Otherside Lounge bombing

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The Otherside Lounge bombing was a domestic terrorist attack that occurred on February 21, 1997, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. At approximately 9:45 p.m., a pipe bomb exploded at the Otherside Lounge lesbian bar injuring 5 people, and damaging several cars in the parking lot. The bombing had been carried out by Eric Rudolph, due to his strong opposition to the gay rights movement. Rudolph, a Christian fascist, was also responsible for the Centennial Olympic Park bombing during the 1996 Olympics and two family planning clinic bombings, causing three deaths. The Otherside Lounge had been in operation since 1990 but never fully recovered from the incident, closed two years after the bombing.

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