30th Anniversary Of Jonestown

Suicide Anniversary More than 900 people were lead into a murder/suicide ritual on this day in 1978.
by The Associated Press
Published: Tue, November 18, 2008 - 10:21 am CST Last Updated: Tue, November 18, 2008 - 10:28 am CST
UNDATED (AP) - It was 30 years ago today that more than 900
people were led by the Reverend Jim Jones into a murder and suicide
ritual of epic proportions.
The killing began during California Congressman Leo Ryan's
fact-finding mission to Guyana's jungle to investigate the remote
commune built by Jones' California-based People's Temple.
When Ryan and some church members tried to leave, a team of
assassins opened fire. Ryan was fatally shot as he boarded his
plane, making him the first congressman slain in the line of duty.
Four others, including three newsmen, were also killed.
Hundreds of people died at the compound later that day, most
from cyanide poisoning.
Some 400 unidentifiable or unclaimed bodies, most of them
children, are now buried in a mass grave overlooking San Francisco
Bay.
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