He told federal agents he was waiting for “further instruction from God.” The FBI and Koresh entered into weeks of negotiations, during which Koresh allowed some women and children to leave. The botched raid resulted in a gun battle that left an initial six Branch Davidians and four agents dead. 28, 1993, suspecting Koresh of stockpiling weapons. The nearly two-month siege began when agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms attempted to execute search and arrest warrants at the Mount Carmel Center ranch on Feb. Authorities said the Branch Davidians started the blaze. More than 70 Branch Davidians, including Koresh, died inside the compound. He was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head, leaving speculation as to whether it was suicide or murder.Ī 51-day standoff between federal agents and members of the Branch Davidians religious group led by David Koresh ended in a huge fire at their ranch compound just outside Waco, Texas in 1993. Ryan, three journalists and a defector were killed.ĬDC's Rochelle Walensky resigns, citing pandemic transition Leo Ryan was about to return to the United States with journalists and temple members who wanted to leave, they were ambushed on an airstrip. The deaths followed a visit to the settlement by a San Francisco congressman. The settlement and the cult deaths gained worldwide infamy as Jonestown.Īlthough the deaths were initially referred to as mass suicide, survivors claimed some followers were shot, injected with poison, or forced to drink the beverage by guards. More than 900 men, women and children died when American preacher and Peoples Temple leader Jim Jones orchestrated a ritual of mass suicide and murder by ordering followers to drink a cyanide-laced grape drink at their jungle settlement in Guyana in 1978.
It has sparked memories of some of the world’s worst cases of cult-related mass deaths. At least 90 bodies have been found at the ranch of a pastor in Kenya who is accused of telling his followers to starve themselves to death to meet Jesus, and the death toll could rise with the Kenya Red Cross Society saying 213 people are missing.
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