Milperra massacre
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The Milperra Massacre was the name of an incident which occurred on Father's Day September 1984, in Milperra, a suburb of Sydney, in which seven people were killed, including six motorcycle gang members and a young woman bystander..
Two heavily armed outlaw motorcycle gangs, known as the Comancheros and the Bandidos clashed in the carpark of the Viking Tavern during a motorcycle part swap meet. Seven people were killed and a number of others injured. Among the dead was a 15 year old girl. As a result of the massacre the New South Wales Firearms and Dangerous Weapons Act 1973 was subsequently amended. Commonwealth Games gold Medallist boxer Phillip McEliwain was the only motorcycle club member to be acquitted after the trial of both manslaughter and murder charges.
[edit] Further reading
- Brothers in Arms - ISBN 1-86508-501-4
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- NSW Police History of Firearms legislation
- Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC): information about the 1 percenters - a film about the massacre
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