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Bombing at Centennial Olympic Park during the Atlanta Olympics

A bomb exploded at Centennial Olympic Park during the Atlanta Summer Olympics, killing one person and injuring more than a hundred, leading to a major law-enforcement investigation and federal support for the response.

Bombing at Centennial Olympic Park during the Atlanta Olympics

The attack raised urgent questions about homeland security at large public events, accelerated federal-local counterterrorism coordination, and became a defining security crisis of the 1996 Olympics.

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