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Michael Ryan. Motive. Unknown. The Hungerford massacre was a spree shooting in Wiltshire and Berkshire, United Kingdom, which occurred on 19 August 1987 when 27-year-old Michael Ryan shot and killed sixteen people, including an unarmed police officer and his own mother, before killing himself. No firm motive for the killings has been established.
Dec 7, 2004 · A year after the massacre, British gun laws were changed and semi-automatic weapons like Ryan's Kalashnikov were outlawed by the government. Britain's police were given a new communications system and the 999 network was updated and modernised. Hungerford Massacre was broadcast on BBC One at 2100 GMT on Tuesday 7 December. E-mail this to a friend.
Apr 17, 2014 · Date: 19 August 1987 Location: Hungerford in Berkshire, and Wiltshire, England Number killed: 17 (including perpetrator) Number injured: 15 Perpetrator: Michael Robert Ryan, 27 years old. Committed suicide at the scene Weapons: Beretta 9mm pistol (34 shots), Chinese Type-56 semi-automatic rifle (84)[1], Underwood .30 Rifle (1) – all owned legally by Ryan. Ryan had been in […]
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Victims were taken to the Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon. Although situated 15 miles from Hungerford, it was the nearest hospital with an Accident and Emergency department equipped to deal with the numerous casualties with high-velocity gunshot wounds. Routine admissions were cancelled, the X-ray department and the blood bank were put on ale...
Lance Corporal Carl Harries, 21, a young off-duty soldier and veteran of the Falklands War, was on his way into town, to pick up a radiator hose, when he walked into the midst of the massacre. Not able to stand by and idly watch people suffer, he had repeatedly risked his life to help a number of victims, giving first aid where he could and solace ...
Her Majesty the Queen’s private secretary sent a letter of condolence from Buckingham Palace to Mayor Tarry and enclosed a personal contribution from the Queen. Prime Minister Mrs Thatcher interrupted her Cornish holiday to visit Hungerford. Close to tears, she toured the streets, met with the relatives and visited victims in hospital. All over Ber...
Following the massacre, the British press was inundated with stories about Michael Ryan and speculation as to why he had committed so many acts of unprovoked violence. Dr Gregory Moffat, a childhood aggression specialist, claimed that victims of bullying are generally small, weak, lack confidence and are loners. Their inability to defend themselves...
The British Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, travelled to Hungerford on Sunday, 23 August 1987. There he announced that he had commissioned a report on the massacre from the Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police, Colin Smith. The Hungerford Report confirmed that Ryan’s weapons had been legally licenced. It also transpired that there were several unf...
On 8 October 1987, a memorial and rededication service was held for the town of Hungerford. Mayor Tarry claimed it to be the day on which life in the town could begin once more. The open-air service outside the town hall was attended by over 60 percent of the population of Hungerford and the principal sermon preached by Right Honourable Robert Runc...
Aug 18, 2012 · BBC News. "People just want to forget about it, but they can't," says Bryan Geater, whose daughter was nearly killed by gunman Michael Ryan 25 years ago. Say the name Hungerford and most people ...
A year after the massacre, British gun laws were changed and semi-automatic weapons such as Ryan's Kalashnikov were outlawed, partly influenced by the events of that Wednesday afternoon in Hungerford. Mr Harries said: "It's history - it's the benchmark for all the others that have happened.
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Aug 18, 2017 · To the outside world it became the Hungerford massacre - to those in the town it was 'a tragedy' - and this weekend marks 30 years since it happened. Michael Ryan - a loner - obsessed with guns
