In July 1996 , in the midst of the 1996 Summer Olympics at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta , Georgia , a homemade bomb was detonated , resulting in the deaths of 2 people and injuring over 100 . This was followed by similar attacks at two abortion clinics and a lesbian nightclub . In 2003 , suspect Eric Robert Rudolph was arrested and sentenced in 2005 to five life sentences for these attacks
a homemade bomb was detonated
Centennial Olympic Park bombing
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