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  • NAME: David Koresh
  • OCCUPATION: Cult Leader
  • BIRTH DATE: c. 1960
  • DEATH DATE: c. April 1993
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Texas
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Waco, Texas
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David Koresh was the charismatic leader of the Branch Davidians, a heavily armed cult he led near Waco, Texas.


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David Koresh was the charismatic leader of a heavily armed group of Branch Davidians (a sect that had split away from the Seventh Day Adventist Church in 1959) who were put under siege by federal agents at a ranch in Mount Carmel, Waco, Texas, between February and April 1993. The siege ended after a devastating fire in which Koresh and many of his followers were killed.

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Cult leader, born in Texas, USA. He was the charismatic leader of a heavily armed group of Branch Davidians (a sect which had split away from the Seventh Day Adventist Church in 1959) who were put under siege by federal agents at a ranch in Mount Carmel, Waco, TX, between February and April 1993. The siege ended after a devastating fire in which Koresh and many of his followers were killed.

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