What the records say
- When
- 28 Apr 1996
- Kind
- Shooting
- Killed
- 35
- Coordinates
- 43.15° S, 147.85° E
- Description
- 1996 mass shooting in Tasmania, Australia
- Injured
- 24
Port Arthur massacre
1996 mass shooting in Tasmania, Australia
The Port Arthur massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on 28 April 1996 at Port Arthur, a tourist town in the Australian state of Tasmania. The perpetrator, Martin Bryant, murdered 35 people and wounded 23 others, in the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in modern Australian history. The attack led to fundamental changes in Australia's gun laws.
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- Wikidata: shootings and murdersWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Port Arthur massacre (Australia): Martin Bryant kills 35 people at the Port Arthur tourist site in Tasmania”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei einem Amoklauf im australischen Port Arthur tötet Martin Bryant 35 Menschen und verletzt 21. Der geistig beeinträchtigte Täter wird später zu 35-mal…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “オーストラリアタスマニア州でポートアーサー事件が発生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page