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| Milperra massacre | |||||
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  Milperra Milperra (Australia) | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| Comancheros | Bandidos | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 19 | 34 | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 4 dead | 2 dead | ||||
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1 dead bystander 28 wounded | |||||
The Milperra Massacre, Milperra bikie shoot-out[1] or Father's Day Massacre[2] was a gunfight between rival motorcycle gang members on 2 September (Father's Day in Australia) 1984, in Milperra, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.[2] The gunfight had its roots in the rivalry that developed after a group of Comancheros broke away and formed the first Bandidos Motorcycle Club chapter in Australia. Seven people were killed and twenty-eight injured and the event was a catalyst for significant changes to gun laws in New South Wales.
- ^ NSW Parliament 1995, p. 4488.
- ^ a b Paul Kalina (27 January 2005). "The day death rode in". The Age. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.