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Port Arthur massacre (Australia)

1996 mass shooting in Tasmania, Australia


Port Arthur massacre (Australia)
Port Arthur massacre (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, killed 35 people and wounded 23 others, the deadliest massacre in modern Australian history. The attack led to fundamental changes in Australia's gun laws.

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