2ND EXPLOSION INJURES RESCUERS RESPONDING TO ABORTION CLINIC.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Two bomb blasts an hour apart rocked a building containing an abortion clinic An abortion clinic is a medical facility that performs or specializes in abortions. Such clinics may be public medical centers or private medical practices. Planned Parenthood, whose clinics offer abortions as well as other reproductive care and counseling, is the largest Thursday, injuring six people who had rushed to the scene of the first explosion, including federal agents, rescue workers and a TV cameraman. ``The second explosion is clearly designed to maim maim v. to inflict a serious bodily injury, including mutilation or any harm which limits the victim's ability to function physically. Originally, in English Common Law it meant to cut off or permanently cripple a bodily member like an arm, leg, hand, or foot. and hurt those who were coming to assist,'' said Mayor Bill Campbell. ``So we're dealing with a warped mind here.'' The explosions left the Atlanta Northside Family Planning family planning Use of measures designed to regulate the number and spacing of children within a family, largely to curb population growth and ensure each family’s access to limited resources. Services clinic in ruins and blew out windows across the street. Police immediately tightened security at all other clinics in the city. President Clinton condemned the explosions as ``a vile and malevolent ma·lev·o·lent adj. 1. Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious. 2. Having an evil or harmful influence: malevolent stars. act.'' ``Make no mistake: Anyone who brings violence against a woman trying to exercise her constitutional rights is committing an act of terror An Act of Terror is a novel by Andre Brink, first published in 1991. Plot summary The novel deals with the lead-up to, execution and consequences of, a bungled assassination attempt whose target is the unnamed State President of South Africa. ,'' he said. The first bomb went off at 9:30 a.m. near the clinic on the ground floor of a three-story office building that also houses lawyers, dentists and other professionals. The second bomb went off near a trash bin in the parking lot. A crowd of investigators, police, journalists and bystanders who had gathered outside after the first explosion heard a loud boom and felt the concussion concussion Period of nervous-function impairment that results from relatively mild brain injury, often with no bleeding in the cerebral cortex. It causes brief unconsciousness, followed by mental confusion and physical difficulties. . They could see a bright flash and debris flying in the air. ``It was scary as hell,'' said clinic counselor Geralyn Thompson, who arrived just after the first blast. ``I probably will never work at an abortion clinic again in Atlanta.'' All of the injuries appeared to be minor. An Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agent was seen bleeding from the head and hands as he was carried to an ambulance. The other injured included two FBI agents, a firefighter, an ambulance worker and a television cameraman. In Washington, Assistant Attorney General Deval Patrick Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is an American politician and the current Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. On November 7, 2006, Patrick became the first African American elected governor of Massachusetts and the second in United States history. said there was no immediate claim of responsibility and that investigators were checking with law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). to see if any warning was received. A federal law enforcement official, demanding anonymity, warned investigators not to get ``locked in on the clinic.'' ``We're not saying for sure that it was aimed at the clinic. We're being very careful because we have no evidence on the motivation,'' the official said, noting that there are other businesses in the building. Employees of the Atlanta Northside clinic said it does not see patients every day and none were expected Thursday. The blast apparently took place at the back of the clinic, away from the only two employees there at the time. The attacks came five days before the 24th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Patrick said the government has for several years sent alerts to state and local law enforcement agencies around the anniversary to watch for violence. But it was not immediately known if this year's alert had gone out yet. Police evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. other buildings in the area after the second explosion around 10:30 a.m. and closed down nearby ramps to Interstate 285, which circles the city. Campbell dispatched extra police officers to all abortion clinics in the city as a precaution. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Bystanders protect themselves after a second explosion detonat ed outside an abortion clinic in Atlanta. Associated Press |
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