This is a list of known mass shootings that have occurred in France. Mass shootings are firearm-related incidents with at least 4 casualties.[ according to whom? ]
Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
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14 December 2024 | Loon-Plage, Hauts-de-France | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2024 Nord Department killings: Five people were killed between Loon-Plage and Wormhout by a 22-year-old man armed with four weapons. The man later turned himself in. [1] |
31 October 2024 | Poitiers, Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 1 | 4 | 5 | A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot and four other people were wounded in a drug-related shooting. [2] A 25-year-old man surrendered to police in Paris on 5 November and was charged with the crime. [3] |
28 September 2024 | Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 2 | 4 | 6 | A shooter fired a rifle at people sitting outside a shisha bar, killing two and wounding four. [4] |
12 August 2024 | Échirolles, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 0 | 4 | 4 | Shots from a passing vehicle wounded four people lingering at a location known for drug trafficking. [5] |
13 July 2024 | Espinasse-Vozelle, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 4 [n 1] | 4 | 8 | A man opened fire at a party, killing three people and wounding four others. The shooter killed himself. [6] |
29 June 2024 | Thionville, Grand Est | 1 | 5 | 6 | Several gunmen exited a vehicle and shot at people gathered outside a wedding, leaving one dead and five wounded. The incident was related to drug trafficking, according to police. [7] |
14 May 2024 | Incarville, Normandy | 2 | 3 | 5 | Gunmen opened fire on a prison escort, killing two officers and wounding three others. A convicted robber and accused murderer was freed by the shooters. [8] |
3 May 2024 | Sevran, Île-de-France | 1 | 4 | 5 | A man was killed and four people wounded in a parking lot. Police said it was connected to drug trafficking. [9] |
16 April 2024 | Nîmes, Occitania | 0 | 5 | 5 | People in a car fired on people outside an apartment building, wounding five. [10] |
11 November 2023 | Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 2 | 3 | 5 | Two people were killed and three others wounded outside a McDonald's restaurant. [11] |
17 September 2023 | Bobigny, Île-de-France | 0 | 5 | 5 | Five people were wounded by a gunman on a scooter. [12] |
15 June 2023 | Fort-de-France, Martinique | 2 | 3 | 5 | Two people were killed and three others were wounded when shots were fired at a bar. [13] |
12 June 2023 | Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four people were wounded in front of a bar. [14] |
6 June 2023 | Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 0 | 6 | 6 | Six people were wounded during a fight that escalated into a shooting. [15] |
2 June 2023 | Trappes, Île-de-France | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four people were injured by shots from a handgun. [16] |
1 June 2023 | Nantua, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 1 | 3 | 4 | One person was killed and three other people wounded when a gunman opened fire at a bar. [17] |
22 May 2023 | Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 0 | 6 | 6 | Six people were injured in the 15th arrondissement. [18] |
13 May 2023 | Villerupt, Grand Est | 0 | 5 | 5 | Five people were shot and wounded by a masked gunman, who then fled. [19] |
20 April 2023 | Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four people were wounded, including one teenager, when a shooter opened fire on a bar from outside. [20] |
17 April 2023 | Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four people, including a teenager, were wounded by gunfire near a police station. [21] |
4 April 2023 | Noisy-le-Sec, Île-de-France | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four people were injured in a background of drug trafficking. [22] |
2 April 2023 | Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 0 | 5 | 5 | Five people were wounded by gunfire in the 2nd arrondissement. [23] |
1 January 2023 | Paris, Île-de-France | 0 | 4 | 4 | A security guard shot and wounded four people at a nightclub in the 13th arrondissement. [24] |
23 December 2022 | Paris, Île-de-France | 3 | 4 [n 1] | 7 | 2022 Paris shooting: Three Kurds were killed and three others were wounded in the 10th arrondissement. A 69-year-old suspect was arrested with injuries and confessed to the crime with racist motives. [25] |
12 November 2022 | Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four people were wounded by multiple shooters. [26] |
18 July 2022 | Paris, Île-de-France | 1 | 4 | 5 | One person was killed and four others wounded by two gunmen at a hookah bar. [27] |
11 May 2022 | Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 1 | 3 | 4 | Shots were fired into a car in the 7th arrondissement, with one death and three injuries. [28] |
2 January 2021 | Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 1 | 4 | 5 | A 16-year-old was killed and four other people were wounded when an automatic weapon was fired at a group of youths in a public square. [29] |
23 December 2020 | Saint-Just, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 4 [n 1] | 1 | 5 | 2020 Saint-Just shooting: A man killed three police officers and wounded another as they responded to a domestic violence call. He fled and later killed himself. [30] |
3 October 2020 | Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, Île-de-France | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four people were injured outside city hall. [31] |
27 May 2020 | Saint-Varent, Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 4 [n 1] | 1 | 5 | A man shot and killed three co-workers and wounded another before killing himself. [32] |
11 March 2020 | Toulouse, Occitania | 0 | 6 | 6 | A man shot and wounded six security guards before being arrested. [33] |
Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
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17 November 2019 | Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 1 | 5 | 6 | Shots were fired outside a grocery store in the 14th arrondissement. Police found two cars "riddled with bullets" and six people shot, one fatally. [34] |
31 October 2019 | Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 0 | 6 | 6 | A shooter opened fire at a bar with a shotgun, wounding six people before fleeing. [35] |
12 May 2019 | Amiens, Hauts-de-France | 0 | 6 | 6 | Six people were wounded at a local association. [36] |
21 April 2019 | Nantes, Pays de la Loire | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four people were injured outside a restaurant. [37] |
30 January 2019 | Bastia, Corsica | 2 [n 1] | 5 | 7 | A man shot and killed one person and wounded five others with a hunting rifle before committing suicide. [38] |
1 January 2019 | Villeurbanne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four people wounded by gunshots were dropped off at a Lyon hospital. [39] |
11 December 2018 | Strasbourg, Grand Est | 5 | 11 | 16 | 2018 Strasbourg attack: An Islamic extremist attacked random people in the city center with a revolver and knife, killing five people and wounding eleven others. He was killed by police two days later. [40] |
21 November 2018 | Toulon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 1 | 4 | 5 | One man was killed and four other people were wounded by several gunmen armed with rifles. [41] |
22 August 2018 | Strasbourg, Grand Est | 0 | 7 | 7 | Seven people were injured in Neuhof during a gunfight. [42] |
2 August 2018 | Alençon, Normandy | 1 | 5 | 6 | One person was killed and ten others were wounded, five by gunfire, during a brawl. [43] |
30 July 2018 | Beaune, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 0 | 7 | 7 | Seven people were injured in a drive-by shooting. [44] |
26 April 2018 | Colombes, Île-de-France | 0 | 4 | 4 | Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot and wounded four teenagers. [45] |
19 September 2017 | Sarcelles, Île-de-France | 4 [n 1] | 3 | 7 | 2017 Paris shooting: A policeman killed three people and wounded three others at two locations before killing himself. [46] |
16 March 2017 | Grasse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 0 | 5 | 5 | A student inspired by the Columbine High School massacre opened fire at the Tocqueville high school, wounding four students and the principal before being arrested. [47] |
26 October 2016 | Bussière-Dunoise, Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 0 | 4 | 4 | A man opened fire on police as they arrived to evict him, wounding four people, including two officers and two neighbors, before being arrested. [48] |
5 June 2016 | Aubervilliers, Île-de-France | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four men were shot and wounded by multiple shooters. [49] |
2 April 2016 | Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 3 | 3 | 6 | Three people were killed and three others wounded during a gang dispute. [48] |
24 February 2016 | Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four people were wounded in a drive-by shooting. [48] |
14 January 2016 | Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 0 | 6 | 6 | Six people were shot at a grocer's shop. [48] |
13 November 2015 | Paris, Île-de-France | 130 | >356 | >456 | November 2015 Paris attacks: Multiple shooters opened fire at cafés and restaurants as another team of gunmen attacked the Bataclan theatre. Hundreds of people were shot and 130 killed before the shooters, motivated by Islamic extremism, killed themselves or were killed by police. [50] |
13 September 2015 | Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 1 | 5 | 6 | A member of a gang was expelled from a restaurant. In revenge, one of the gang members fired randomly into the terrace, killing a security guard and wounding five other people. [51] |
25 August 2015 | Roye, Picardy | 4 | 4 [n 1] | 8 | 2015 Roye shooting: A man motivated by anti-ziganism opened fire and shot four people, killing three, in a Roma camp. He shot and killed one responding police officer and wounded another before being shot and arrested. [52] |
7 January 2015 | Paris, Île-de-France | 12 | 11 | 23 | Charlie Hebdo shooting: Two brothers and Islamic extremists killed twelve people and injured eleven others at the headquarters of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo . The shooters fled and were killed by police two days later. [53] |
25 November 2014 | Le Moule, Guadeloupe | 0 | 4 | 4 | Police found four people wounded by gunfire. [54] |
1 December 2012 | Sète, Occitania | 2 | 2 | 4 | A man shot four neighbors, killing two, after a dispute. He fled and was later arrested. [55] |
23 November 2012 | Orly, Île-de-France | 2 | 3 | 5 | Five people were shot and two were killed outside a bar. [56] |
1 July 2012 | Lille, Hauts-de-France | 2 | 5 | 7 | A man kicked out of a nightclub returned and opened fire, killing two people and wounding five others before fleeing. [57] The shooter was arrested with an accomplice in Spain on 6 July. [58] |
14 April 2012 | Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre, Centre-Val de Loire | 0 | 6 | 6 | Six people were shot in a public square. [59] |
Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
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1 December 2009 | Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 2 [n 1] | 5 | 7 | A man opened fire with a shotgun at a pétanque club, killing one person and wounding five others. The shooter committed suicide at his son's house. [60] |
27 January 2009 | Marseille, Provence–Alpes–Côte d'Azur | 3 | 2 | 5 | Three people were killed and two others wounded in the 14th arrondissement. [61] |
29 June 2008 | Carcassonne, Occitania | 0 | 17 | 17 | An army sergeant accidentally fired shots during a ceremony conducted by the 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment, wounding seventeen people. [62] |
4 October 2002 | Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais | 1 | 3 | 4 | A man motivated by racism opened fire on a bar frequented by North African immigrants, killing one person and wounding three others before being arrested. [63] |
27 March 2002 | Nanterre, Île-de-France | 8 | 19 | 27 | Nanterre massacre: A man opened fire at a town hall, killing eight people and wounding nineteen others. He killed himself in custody. [64] |
29 October 2001 | Tours, Centre-Val de Loire | 4 | 8 [n 1] | 12 | A man opened fire with a rifle in downtown Tours, killing four people and wounding seven others before being shot by police and arrested. [65] |
11 August 2001 | Cergy-Pontoise, Île-de-France | 3 | 6 | 9 | A man killed three people and wounded six others in a bank robbery. [66] |
Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
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16 December 1995 | near Saint-Pierre-de-Chérennes, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 16 [n 1] | 0 | 16 | 1995 Vercors massacre: Two members of the Order of the Solar Temple shot and killed fourteen people before killing themselves. [67] |
24 September 1995 | Cuers, Var, France | 16 [n 1] | 4 | 20 | 1995 Cuers shooting: A 16-year-old boy killed fifteen people and wounded four others, mostly through shooting, before killing himself. [68] |
13 November 1994 | Sainte-Marie Réunion | 9 [n 1] | 1 | 10 | A 35-year-old man shot his family and neighbours with two pump-action shotguns, killing eight people and injuring one other, before killing himself. [69] |
1 July 1992 | Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 7 [n 1] | 5 | 12 | Besançon shooting : A man opened fire at his former workplace, killing six people and wounding five others before killing himself. [70] |
Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
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12 July 1989 | Luxiol, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 14 | 9 [n 1] | 23 | Luxiol massacre: A farmer killed fourteen people and wounded eight others during a shooting spree before being wounded by police and arrested. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity. [71] |
26 December 1985 | Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 2 | 6 | 8 | A man opened fire at neighbors after being angered by noise from a party, killing two people and wounding six others before being arrested. [72] |
19 December 1985 | Strasbourg, Grand Est | 2 [n 1] | 5 | 7 | A man fired on people inside and outside a restaurant, killing one and wounding three. He then shot and wounded two pursuing policemen at a nearby building before killing himself. [73] |
25 September 1985 | Bayonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 4 | 1 | 5 | Monbar Hotel attack: A Spanish-sponsored death squad shot and killed four people and wounded another as they targeted members of the Basque terrorist group ETA. [74] |
11 November 1984 | Châteaubriant, Pays de la Loire | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1984 Châteaubriant shooting: A far-right extremist targeting Turkish people shot seven people, killing two, before being arrested. [75] |
21 November 1983 | Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 5 | 3 | 8 | An Algerian migrant worker killed five people and wounded three others as he fired a rifle from a hostel. [76] |
November 1983 | Paris, Île-de-France | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four women were shot and wounded in a road rage incident in the 10th arrondissement. [77] |
5 August 1983 | Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 7 | 0 | 7 | Sofitel massacre: Several robbers shot and killed seven people at a hotel. [78] |
10 September 1982 | Paris, Île-de-France | 1 | 4 [n 1] | 5 | A man purchased a shotgun in the 12th arrondissement and shot and killed one pedestrian and wounded three others before being shot by police and arrested. [79] |
9 August 1982 | Paris, Île-de-France | 6 | 22 | 28 | Chez Jo Goldenberg restaurant attack: Palestinian terrorists killed six people and wounded 22 others at a Jewish restaurant. [80] |
5 August 1980 | Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1980 Turkish Consulate attack in Lyon: Four people were shot and wounded by two Armenian gunmen at a Turkish consulate. [81] |
Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
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3 October 1978 | Marseille, Provence–Alpes–Côte d'Azur | 10 | 0 | 10 | Marseille bar massacre: Three gunmen entered and executed ten people at a bar. [82] |
June 1976 | Saint-Maur/Ivry, Île-de-France | 3 | 4 | 7 | A man shot five people at a restaurant with a rifle, killing one, then fled to a shipping company, where he killed two people. He surrendered later. [83] |
March 1970 | Les Mureaux, Île-de-France | 2 [n 1] | 2 | 4 | A man shot three police officers with a shotgun, killing one, before shooting himself to death. [84] |
Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
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4 November 1963 | Paris, Île-de-France | 1 [n 1] | 6 [n 1] | 7 | Four criminals and four police officers exchanged gunfire along the Boulevard du Montparnasse, killing a criminal and wounding four officers and two criminals. [85] |
Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
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4 September 1952 | Auxi-le-Château, Hauts-de-France | 3 [n 1] | 1 | 4 | A man shot and killed two people and wounded a police officer before being shot and killed by police. [86] |
Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
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9 October 1934 | Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 7 [n 1] | 15 | 22 | Assassination in Marseilles: A gunman opened fire on Alexander I of Yugoslavia during a procession. He, Louis Barthou, and three others were killed, with fifteen people injured. The shooter was beaten by police and civilians and died later that day. [87] |
24 August 1931 | Comines, Hauts-de-France | 2 | 6 | 8 | A man armed with a rifle and a revolver opened fire on passengers at a train station, killing two people and wounding six others. He was subdued by citizens as he attempted to flee. [88] [89] |
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