Port Arthur massacre 1996 - AFDA national embalming team - detailed report
In. Australia. Tasmania State Disaster Committee; Australia. Emergency Management Australia (EMA). Port Arthur seminar papers : A record of the proceedings of the Port Arthur seminar. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Tasmania State Disaster Committee;Australia. Emergency Management Australia, Mar. 1997. p.104-117, tab.
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Biblioteca responsável:
CR3.1
Localização: CR3.1; DES
ABSTRACT
At approximately 1330 on sunday 28 april 1996, an lone male gunman, aged 28 years, entered the restaurant at the Port Arthur historic site and fired upon all of the patrons and staff. The gunman killed twenty occupants and injured a further eighteen. It is further alleged that the male offender then left the restaurant moved towards a tourist bus parked nearby and then headed off in a motor vehicle to a cottage nearby. After a search of the debris three bodies were found, the owners and ocupants of the cottage and the hostage. Thisbrutal and senseless killing left the peaceful tourist resort of Port Arthur in total turmoil and deep shock. Many emergency service provisions and professional assistence were inmediadiately placed into action to provide the necessary support and facitities to cope with the aftermath. The state Tasmania together with the Nation of Autralia and the world community went into deep mourning. Offers of assistance and expressions of sympathy came from every corner of the globe (AU)
Coleções:
Bases de dados temática
Base de dados:
Desastres
Assunto principal:
Violência
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Tasmânia
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Causas de Morte
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Médicos Legistas
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Planejamento em Desastres
Aspecto:
Determinantes sociais da saúde
País/Região como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Congresso e conferência
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Monografia