WASHINGTON — The FBI offered a $1-million reward Tuesday for help in arresting Eric Rudolph, who has been charged in January's fatal bombing of a Birmingham, Ala., abortion clinic, and for the first time also linked him to the Centennial Park bombing during the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
In making the expected announcement of an increase in the reward from $100,000, FBI Director Louis J. Freeh said the bureau is also placing him on its "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" list and has developed "a significant linkage" between the Birmingham bombing and three earlier Atlanta bombings, including the Olympic blast. He said that Rudolph is not an official suspect in the Atlanta cases but that he is "the only individual that we're seeking right now" for questioning about those incidents.
