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This is a list of successful assassinations, sorted by location.For failed assassination attempts, see List of people who survived assassination attempts.. For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder of a prominent figure, often for religious, political or monetary reasons.
A man shot four people at a remote house, killing two. [37] 25 September 1988 Molgawo Arnhem Land near Gunbalanya, Northern Territory: 5 0 5 A man shot and killed his wife, his two children and his in-laws. [38] 5 February 1988: Patterson Lakes, Victoria: 4 [n 1] 0 4: A man shot and killed his wife and two children before killing himself. [28 ...
16 November 1911 – George David Silva shot and bludgeoned six members of the Ching family near Mackay, Queensland. 8 June 1913 – 11-year-old Ivy Mitchell was raped and murdered on her way home from school near Samford, Queensland by Ernest Austin ; he was the last person in Queensland to be hanged.
CANTON – An attorney for the family of Zachary Fornash, a married 24-year-old father of three killed by a city police officer last week, has scheduled a press conference for 1:30 p.m. today to ...
The Queen Street massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on 8 December 1987 at Australia Post offices on 191 Queen Street in Melbourne, Victoria.. Frank Vitkovic, a former tennis player and law school withdrawee, entered the building on the pretext of visiting a friend, and opened fire on office workers at random with an illegally modified M1 carbine, killing eight and injuring five.
On 4 September 2014, ex-boyfriend John Peros was arrested and charged for the murder of Blackburn. The following day, he attended Brisbane Magistrates Court to answer to the charge and was remanded in custody to face a committal hearing in Mackay. [9] The committal hearing was delayed and went ahead from 15 February 2016. [10]
The attacks occurred over multiple locations starting at 5:39 pm. [5] According to one news source: [6] "Shots had rung out near Finnis Street just outside the CBD before the man moved to other locations – including The Buff Club, Stuart Park, the Palms Motel, a Coles Express and Jolly Street in Woolner."
The International Shooting Sport Federation, aka ISSF, is the governing body of Olympic shooting events.It also regulates several non-Olympic shooting sport events.The Federation's activities include regulation of the sport, managing Olympic qualification events and quota places, and organisation of tournaments like the World Cup and World Championships.