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The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, [7] [8] [9] [10] 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. [11]
The Waco Siege began in early 1993, when a government raid on a compound in Axtell, Texas, led to a 51-day standoff between federal agents and members of a millennial Christian sect called the...
What really happened during the 1993 Waco siege between the government and mysterious cult leader David Koresh may never be known. But intriguing clues remain.
David Koresh (/ kəˈrɛʃ / [citation needed]; born Vernon Wayne Howell; August 17, 1959 – April 19, 1993) was an American cult leader [2] who played a central role in the Waco siege of 1993. [3][4] As the head of the Branch Davidians, a religious sect, Koresh claimed to be its final prophet.
David Koresh in 1981 at the Mount Carmel compound of the Branch Davidians cult near Waco, Texas. AP/REX/Shutterstock Koresh claimed he could talk to God and unlock the Seven Seals in the...
Thirty years ago, officers from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) attempted to execute a search warrant at a compound outside Waco, Texas, belonging to the Branch Davidians, a...
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.
Nearly 30 years later, the siege of David Koresh’s Branch Davidians challenges our definition of “cult.” The Branch Davidian compound explodes in a burst of flames on April 19, 1993, ending the...
David Koresh was the leader of the Branch Davidians, a religious sect that received national attention during a deadly standoff with federal law enforcement officials near Waco, Texas.
On Feb. 28, 1993, federal law enforcement agents came face-to-face with the Branch Davidians, a controversial group whose followers described themselves as “students of the Bible,” outside the...