The Incident

A total of 909 people committed suicide(304 of them children). It was the greatest single loss of American civilian life in a deliberate act until 9/11.

On November 18, 1978, U.S. Representative Leo Ryan, who had gone to Jonestown to investigate claims of abuse, was murdered, along with four members of his delegation, by Jonestown gunmen.

That same day, Jones ordered his followers to ingest poison-laced punch, while armed guards stood by.

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