Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

Australia, 1997

A truck unloads prohibited firearms at a scrap-metal yard after the Port Arthur massacre a year earlier. The Port Arthur massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on the 28 and 29 of April 1996. 35 people were murdered and 23 were wounded. The killer, Martin Bryant, pleaded guilty and was given 35 life sentences without the possibility of parole.

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