During the 1996 Atlanta games, a so-called home-made bomb killed two people and injured one-hundred other people. The bomb exploded in an area of the town where a celebration was underway in honour of the games. Just as in Munich in 1972, the games organisers did not want to see the celebrations spoilt, and decreed that the games should continue.No-one has ever claimed responsibility for this attack, and is thought to have been carried out by a mentally unstable person.