1993 Jolimont Centre siege

Crime in Canberra, Australia -35.2777 149.1289 title June 2011 March 2018 March 2018 Jolimont Centre siege Jolimont Centre siege 1993.jpg Australian Federal Police Special Operations Team approaching the Jolimont Centre wearing breathing apparatus. Jolimont Centre, Canberra, Australia 29 November 1993 7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Hostage-taking, shooting, bombing 1 (the perpetrator) 1 Felipe Ruizdiaz 12 gauge shotgun In November 1993 an event known as the "Jolimont Centre siege" took place resulting in the serious wounding of one person and the death of another over the course of two hours. The centre was set on fire and extensive damage was caused by a lone gunman.http://www.disasters.ema.gov.au/Browse%20Details/DisasterEventDetails.aspx?DisasterEventID=1493 https://web.archive.org/web/20110706121754/http://www.disasters.ema.gov.au/Browse%20Details/DisasterEventDetails.aspx?DisasterEventID=1493 6 July 2011 Event - Canberra, ACT: Office Block Fire following Explosion Australian Government - Attorney-General's Department 12 January 2021 The Jolimont Centre, located in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, was the home of the Department of Industrial Relations and radio station 2CA. Events About 7:30 a.m., on 29 November 1993, 47-year-old Felipe Ruizdiaz shot and wounded local pool manager, Geoff McGibbon, at the Dickson Swimming Pool in Canberra before crashing his Toyota Hilux utility vehicle rigged with petrol and gas canisters through the front glass walls of the six-storey Jolimont Centre, home of the Department of Industrial Relations in Canberra, in an apparent revenge attack on his estranged wife. Ruizdiaz threw several petrol bombs and shot at the responding fire brigade and police officers.http://www.sendingflowers.com.au/sending-flowers-articles/1993/12/1/siege-man-sent-note-flowers/ Siege Man Sent Note, Flowers 1 December 1993 The Sydney Morning Herald https://web.archive.org/web/20140204032427/http://www.sendingflowers.com.au/sending-flowers-articles/1993/12/1/siege-man-sent-note-flowers/ 4 February 2014 During the resulting two-hour siege, Ruizdiaz shot at police and rescue workers using his 12-gauge shotgun before setting fire to the building and killing himself.http://www.inthelineofduty.com.au/timeline.asp?startyear=1993&iID=360&showstate=all Exhibition 1993 27 June 2011 3 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111003141604/http://www.inthelineofduty.com.au/timeline.asp?startyear=1993&iID=360&showstate=all dead The fire and explosions hampered rescue and police efforts and caused several million dollars' worth of damage to the centre, impacting on the building's owner—AMP Limited—and its tenants.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127252902 Jolimont IR workers take 'early holidays' Peter Clack 8 December 1993 3 The Canberra Times Two local radio stations and numerous employees were inside the centre at the time, requiring tactical police to assist in their evacuation. After several explosions, which resulted in the street being showered with broken glass, Australian Federal Police Special Operations Team personnel wearing breathing apparatus entered the centre, eventually locating the deceased gunman with shotgun wounds to his stomach and his body badly burned. See also Timeline of major crimes in Australia Crime in Australia References External links Images and news coverage of the 1993 Jolimont siege Jolimont Centre siege Category:Spree shootings in Australia Category:Crime in the Australian Capital Territory Category:Hostage taking in Australia Jolimont Centre siege Jolimont Centre siege