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April 28 1996 - The Port Arthur Massacre
9:45
Martin Bryant leaves Hobart at and drives the 90 miles to Port
Arthur
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11:00
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Bryant stops at this cottage outside Port Arthur, and kills two
people
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1:00
Bryant enter Broad Arrow cafe and eats
lunch on the porch. After he finishes he goes back in with an AR-15 and
kills 22 and wounds12 more in five
minutes.
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1:30
Exits the cafe to the parking lot where he shoots
5 more.
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1:40
Bryant drives to Park entrance where he shoots
3 more (mother and her two children.)
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1:45
Bryant goes to the park entrance, carjacks a BMW, and kills the
three occupants.
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1:50
Bryant stops at a petrol station, shots a woman, and kidnaps
the man.
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2:00
Bryan takes a hostage and drives back to the cottage
He
shoots at cars on the highway injuring more people
He then takes his hostage inside Seascape and
sets fire to the BMW.
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2:30
Two local constables return and surround cottage.
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5:30
Special Operations Group Arrives
The Tasmanian special police arrive. Police surrounded the
guesthouse within an hour, and an 18-hour standoff ensued involving
two shooters.
Martin Bryant came out of the building saying not to
shoot that he was the hostage.
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A 1/2 hr. before the incident, the area's two policemen receive an anonymous
call on a drug stash, and drive 25 miles to
Saltwater River.
Police
initially reported that there were two gunmen at Seascape.
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The massacre and the shooter had a military appearance. The
shooter did 20 head shots in a short time, shooting from the hip - he reloaded
his second clip with one round left.
The gun was a rare Israeli commando model, CAR 15.
Witnesses couldn't identify the shooter.
Jim Laycock was co-owner of the
Port Arthur Motel knew Bryant for 15 yrs, and said it wasn't him. The gun
was destroyed in a
Mossad technique.
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Reporters Conference
There were 700 reporters at a
convention in Hobart, and 80 came to Port
Arthur the next day.
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There was no
motive.
People with intellectual disabilities are not known for their tactical
skills. Moving from one task to the next in an unbroken sequence
takes precision.
Only a professional would wait until the coast was clear before leaving
the Cafe. Fired from hip -20 head shots - reloaded on 29 (keeps one in
chamber ) - shoots and waits few minutes for crowd to disperse.
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Where did he get the guns
One month earlier he went to Terry Smith's gun shop with a
similar gun. He had a phony gun license and no knowledge of even cocking
or loading a gun. Smith refused to sell to him.
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The gun, tactics and precision were that of a
military team.
When asked
about the crime scene a Australian commando commented : ..
"Only Jews kill like
that"
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Why abandon his Volvo and take the BMW with a hostage ?
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Wendy
Scurr
A nurse at Port Arthur, that called the police 3 minutes after the shooting started.
She states the police are distorting the timelines, and changing facts.
Evidence was planted and questions went unanswered.
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Andrew
MacGregor
A retired policeman,
author, and speaker, who
spent years investigating the massacre, feels it was a calculated
preplanned operation.
MacGregor's
CDROM
The final shootout occurs at the Seascape
cottage, and he says there were two shooters, the second possibly being a
Bryant's controller.
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Stewart Beattie
A retired Australian gunsmith, who is a
prolific writer,
and investigator, on the Port Arthur Massacre. He anonymously received the
official
video tape
of the scene. His
detailed timeline.
His
exposee on Joe Vialls may have exposed
him as Ben-Menashe.
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