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ERIC RUDOLPH CAPTURED Special
Agent in Charge Chris Swecker, Charlotte Division, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, announced today the capture and arrest of Eric Robert
Rudolph by local authorities in Murphy, North Carolina (NC). The arrest
occurred at 4:30 am, by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department without
incident. Rudolph was located pilfering through a dumpster in the Murphy,
North Carolina area. Rudolph's identity was confirmed by FBI fingerprint
comparison at 7:47 am, through the FBI's Criminal Justice Information
Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia. These
bomb blasts injured more than 150 people. Rudolph is known to own firearms
and to have targeted law enforcement.
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