Queen st massacre
Queen Street Massacre
Date: 8 December 1987
It has been over 25 years since Frank Vitkovic walked into the Australia Post building on Queen Street. Vitkovic hunted down and senselessly killed eight employees and wounding many more.
The motive was thought to be an attack on Frank Viktovic’s old school friend Con Margelis, who amazingly survived the shooting. By small mercy, if the weapon Viktovic was carrying had not been faulty many more people could have lost their lives that day.
After a failed attempt at gunning down Margelis, Viktovic went from floor to floor shooting innocent people that were hiding under desk and in store rooms desperately trying to avoid the gun man.
Eight people were killed and more would have died if not for the heroics of Tony Giola and a wounded Frank Carmody. They saw an opportunity and tackled Vitkovic disarming him while he was trying to reload his malfunctioning firearm. Struggling all the way, Victovic was able to pull himself to a smashed window and fling himself to his death.