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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.
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.
Dec 19, 2017 · The Waco Siege was a 51-day standoff between federal agents and members of a millennial Christian sect called the Branch Davidians at a Texas compound in 1993.
Jan 24, 2018 · Here’s what to know about the Waco siege. Who was David Koresh? Vernon Wayne Howell, known as David Koresh, his wife Rachel, and their son Cyrus in front of their house Elizabeth Baranyai/Sygma...
Jan 3, 2018 · The siege began on Feb. 28, 1993, when 76 agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms arrived at the Mount Carmel Center compound with a search warrant to look for illegal weapons.
Apr 19, 2018 · By and large, the public treated the ending of the siege of Waco as the story of a crazy cult that had gotten the end it deserved, similar to the mass suicide at Jonestown.
Apr 19, 2023 · The Branch Davidians, a fringe religious group led by David Koresh, faced off with the FBI for 51 days in Waco in 1993. Then came the fire.
Jan 25, 2023 · The Waco tragedy has been a rallying cry ever since for militant anti-government activists though surviving Branch Davidians have rejected that association, saying their motivations bore nothing...
Mar 16, 2018 · Learn about the Waco Siege and how cult leader David Koresh lived as a polygamist among his Branch Davidian followers at the Mount Carmel Center. Discover the 51-day siege, which ended in a...
Apr 19, 2023 · The Waco siege, a deadly 51-day confrontation in central Texas between law enforcement and Branch Davidians, an apocalyptic religious movement then led by David Koresh, remains one of the...
