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The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was the siege by U.S. federal government and Texas state law enforcement officials of a compound belonging to the religious cult known as the Branch Davidians between February 28 and April 19, 1993.
- David Koresh
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- Fire Engulfs Waco Compound
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On February 28, 1993, some 80 agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) raided a religious compound at Mount Carmel, near Waco, Texas, after receiving reports that the Branch Davidians and their leader, David Koresh, were violating federal firearms regulations. After four ATF agents and six Davidians were killed in the gun ...
In the 1930s, a disgruntled member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church named Victor Houteff had broken away and founded the Davidian movement. After Houteff’s death, Ben Roden led an offshoot of the movement known as the Branch Davidians, who took control of Houteff’s original settlement at Mount Carmel, near Waco, by 1962. Believing the Bible is l...
In his negotiations with the FBI during the Waco siege, Koresh claimed he was a messianic figure prophesied in the Bible and that God had given him his surname. He threatened violence against those who would attack him and his family, but asserted that the Davidians weren’t planning a mass suicide. To the Branch Davidians, Koresh was “the Lamb,” th...
In mid-April, after religious scholars reached out to Koresh through a radio discussion of the teachings of Revelation, Koresh sent a message through his lawyer announcing he had received word from God and was writing his message on the Seven Seals; he would come out with his followers when he was finished. The FBI, unconvinced, decided to act to e...
From the beginning, the government’s handling of the Waco siege (which played out in the national and international media) was heavily criticized. Reno took responsibility for the botched raid, later admitting there was no evidence of ongoing child abuse within the compound (which had been one of the justifications for ordering the gas attack). Tho...
Waco: The Inside Story, PBS Frontline. James D. Tabor and Eugene V. Gallagher, Why Waco? Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America. Malcolm Gladwell, “Sacred and Profane,” The New Yorker(March 31, 2014).
Learn about the 51-day standoff between federal agents and the Branch Davidians, a millennial Christian sect led by David Koresh, in 1993. Find out how the siege ended in a deadly fire and what were the consequences for the government and the militia movement.
23. Apr. 2024 · Waco siege, a 51-day standoff between Branch Davidians and federal agents that ended on April 19, 1993, when the religious group’s compound near Waco, Texas, was destroyed in a fire. Nearly 80 people were killed.
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19. Apr. 2023 · Stand: 19.04.2023 16:55 Uhr. 30 Jahre ist die blutige Belagerung einer Sektenranch bei Waco in Texas her. Doch immer noch bewundern radikale Regierungsgegner den damaligen Widerstand - auch der...
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19. Apr. 2019 · 51 Tage belagerte das FBI die Festung der Branch-Davidians-Sekte im texanischen Waco. Dann begann am 19. April 1993 vor laufenden Kameras der Angriff. Ein Blutbad und Verschwörungstheorien ...
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24. Jan. 2018 · By Melissa Chan. January 24, 2018 9:00 AM EST. T he standoff between federal agents and the Branch Davidians outside Waco, Texas, dominated headlines for months. The siege left 75 people –...
22. März 2023 · Learn about the 1993 standoff between the FBI and the Branch Davidians, a religious cult led by David Koresh, who died in a fire after a 51-day siege. Watch Waco: American Apocalypse, a three-part docuseries on Netflix, or read the testimonies of survivors and authorities who were there.
