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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. The fire and explosions hampered rescue and police efforts and caused several million dollars worth of damage to the centre, impacting on
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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,
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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
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utility vehicle rigged with petrol and gas canisters through the front glass walls of the six-storey Jolimont Centre, home of the
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entered the centre, eventually locating the deceased gunman with shotgun wounds to his stomach and his body badly burned.
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in Canberra, in an apparent revenge attack on his estranged wife. Ruizdiaz threw several
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and shot at the responding fire brigade and police officers.
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Canberra
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Hostage-taking
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bombing
12 gauge
shotgun
Jolimont Centre
Canberra
Australian Capital Territory
Department of Industrial Relations
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Toyota Hilux
Department of Industrial Relations
petrol bombs
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