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This is a list of mass or spree killers in Europe who committed familicide. A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills three or more people in one incident, not including themselves, with no "cooling off" period. [1] [2] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others. [3] [4] [5]
The victims must have been largely the relatives of the perpetrator to be considered a familicide.
This list does not include serial killers, members of democidal governments, or major political figures who orchestrated such actions.
| Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Menci, Angiolo, 42 | May 11 | 1900 | Castiglion Fiorentino | | 10 | 3 | FMA | Arrested Killed numerous animals | [6] |
| 2. | Girerd, Roger, 34* | May 20 | 1965 | Charvieu-Chavagneux | | 10 | 0 | FM | Committed suicide Killed a dog | [7] |
| 3. | Brückner, Wilhelm, 31* | June 6/7 | 1925 | Hassenberg & Lindenberg | | 9 | 1 | M | Committed suicide | |
| 4. | Bihl, Christoff* | Aug. 25 | 1580 | Zabern | | 9 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [8] |
| 5. | Austin, Thomas* | 1694 | Cullompton, Mid Devon, Devon | | 9 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [9] | |
| 6. | Kisselef, Ign.* (Киселёв) | March 15 | 1912 | Shenkursk | | 8–9 | ? | M | [10] | |
| 7. | King, Leonard, 40* | Sept. 18 | 1954 | Shotton, Flintshire, Wales | | 8 | 1 | MP | Committed suicide Also killed a dog | [11] |
| 8. | Eisenbeiß, Hans, 42 | April 28 | 1606 | Eliasbrunn | | 8 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death and executed Terminated a pregnancy | [12] |
| 9. | Elfskifsen, ---, 54* | Aug. 11/12 | 1843 | Härnösand | | 8 | 0 | M | Arrested | [13] |
| 10. | Thode, Timm, 23 | Aug. 7/8 | 1866 | Groß-Campen | | 8 | 0 | MA | Sentenced to death and executed Also killed a dog and wounded another | [14] |
| 11. | Diószegi, Flórián | Aug. 21 | 1893 | Hódmezővásárhely | | 8 | 0 | M | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [15] |
| 12. | Pablo Gideon* | Dec. | 1915 | Dörfl | | 8 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [16] |
| 13. | Baysang, Charles* | April 8 | 1922 | Durlinsdorf | | 8 | 0 | M | Arrested | [17] |
| 14. | Estakis, Valla* | Sept. | 1928 | | 8 | 0 | F | [18] | ||
| 15. | Lambrecht, Karl, 52* | June 6 | 1934 | Aichhalden | | 8 | 0 | Committed suicide | [19] | |
| 16. | Kecinski, Harry, 44* | April 20/21 | 1970 | Fahrdorf | | 8 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [20] |
| 17. | Belov, Oleg Petrovich, 51* (Белов, Олег Петрович) | July 27/ Aug. 3 | 2015 | Nizhny Novgorod | | 8 | 0 | M | Sentenced to life imprisonment Terminated a pregnancy | |
| 18. | Zykaj, Ritvan, 24 | Aug. 10 | 2018 | Resulaj | | 8 | 0 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [21] |
| 19. | Unknown* | Jan. | 1927 | Petergof | | 8 | ? | M | [22] | |
| 20. | Čedić, Dragan, 31 (Драган Чедић) | July 26/27 | 2002 | Leskovac | | 7 | 4 | F | Committed suicide | [23] |
| 21. | Svoboda, Josef, 43 | Feb. 27/28 | 1967 | Jeseník | | 7 | 3 | M | Committed suicide | |
| 22. | Staridas, Spyros Athanasios, 33 (Σπυρος Αθανάσιος Σταριδας) | June 28 | 1981 | Trikala | | 7 | 3 | F | Committed suicide | [24] |
| 23. | Taylor, Frank* | March 7 | 1895 | London, England | | 7 | 1 | M | Committed suicide | [25] |
| 24. | Giorgi, Nicola, 50 | July 20 | 1922 | Pietrafitta | | 7 | 1 | F | Arrested | [26] |
| 25. | Endres, Blasius | Aug. 9 | 1585 | Wangen im Allgäu | | 7 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death and executed Terminated a pregnancy | [27] |
| 26. | Unknown* | June 12 | 1597 | Sprottau | | 7 | 0 | Sentenced to death and executed | [28] | |
| 27. | Mosenheuer, Michel* | Jan. 13 | 1616 | Benterode | | 7 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [29] |
| 28. | Rosenzweig, Heinrich* | Jan. 2 | 1621 | Quedlinburg | | 7 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [30] |
| 29. | Whitworth, William Henry, 39* | May 18 | 1860 | Sandown Fort, Isle of Wight, England | | 7 | 0 | M | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [31] |
| 30. | Duggan, Walter James* | June 28 | 1869 | London, England | | 7 | 0 | P | Committed suicide | [32] |
| 31. | Derby, Samuel Hill, 35* | Feb. | 1888 | Salford, Greater Manchester, England | | 7 | 0 | P | Committed suicide | [33] |
| 32. | Bienert, Ernst Julius* | Dec. 14/15 | 1903 | Meißen | | 7 | 0 | P | Attempted suicide | [34] |
| 33. | Boronkoff, Ivan* | March 17 | 1904 | Kotjoff | | 7 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [35] |
| 34. | Szczuka, ---* | Feb. 9 | 1910 | Zarizyn | | 7 | 0 | M | Arrested | [36] |
| 35. | Bratz, Alfred, 50* | Jan. 9 | 1914 | Soldau | | 7 | 0 | FMP | Committed suicide Also killed a dog | [37] |
| 36. | Schützenhöfer, Anna, 43* | Nov. 30 | 1915 | Dörfl | | 7 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [38] |
| 37. | Cavel, Johann | July 31 | 1928 | Körmend | | 7 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [39] |
| 38. | Larssen, Øyvind, 21* | March 30 | 1932 | Verdal | | 7 | 0 | MA | Arrested | [40] |
| 39. | Giebel, Friedrich, 38* | Oct. 19/20 | 1940 | Mainz | | 7 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [41] |
| 40. | Hansen, Peter Christian, 36* | April 14 | 1949 | Nejede | | 7 | 0 | M | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [42] |
| 41. | Capek, Franz, 41* | Oct. 7 | 1956 | Waltersdorf | | 7 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [43] |
| 42. | Antonello, Mauro, 40 | Oct. 15 | 2002 | Chieri | | 7 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [44] |
| 43. | Asadullin, Khubulla Abdullovich, 54 (Асадуллин, Хубулла Абдуллович) | Aug. 18 | 2005 | Chelyabinsk | | 7 | 0 | MA | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [45] |
| 44. | Rösthell, Jörg* | April 11 | 1599 | Prüsseln | | 7 | ? | [46] | ||
| 45. | Unknown* | June | 1927 | Zabie | | 7 | ? | F | [47] | |
| 46. | Schurr, Adrian, 26 | Jan. 24 | 2020 | Rot am See | | 6 | 2 | F | Sentenced to 15 years in prison | |
| 47. | Rundström, Anders | Nov. 5 | 1833 | Roukalahti | | 6 | 1 | M | Attempted suicide | [48] |
| 48. | Heikkilä, Kalle Juho, 37* | April 5 | 1905 | Kiekka | | 6 | 1 | FM | Arrested | [49] |
| 49. | Wilsdorf, Edmund Hermann* | March 9/10 | 1907 | Dresden | | 6 | 1 | F | Committed suicide | [50] |
| 50. | Karapetiez, --- | March 31 | 1907 | Alexandropol | | 6 | 1 | M | Committed suicide | [51] |
| 51. | Konieczny, Czeslaw, 25* | Dec. 1/2 | 1929 | Peruschütz | | 6 | 1 | M | Arrested | [52] |
| 52. | Haroutunian, Joanes, 43* | Jan. 31 | 1930 | Marseille | | 6 | 1 | F | Committed suicide | [53] |
| 53. | Schimansky, Franz, 41* | April 3 | 1930 | Merkstein | | 6 | 1 | M | Arrested | [54] |
| 54. | Tymkow, Wasyl, 30 | Feb. 10 | 1937 | Krasne | | 6 | 1 | F | Attempted suicide | [55] |
| 55. | Barboux, Roger, 33 | Oct. 19 | 1954 | Dun-le-Poëlier | | 6 | 1 | FMA | Committed suicide | [56] |
| 56. | Kaya, Hakan, 24* | Dec. 22 | 2000 | Salzgitter | | 6 | 1 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment Terminated a pregnancy | [57] |
| 57. | Petrović, Tomislav, 45 | May 29 | 2008 | Gornja Lipnica & Trstje | | 6 | 1 | F | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [58] |
| 58. | Šefer, Rade, 55* (Раде Шефер) | May 17 | 2015 | Orom & Martonoš | | 6 | 1 | F | Killed | [59] |
| 59. | Unknown* | 1614 | Valencia | | 6 | 0 | Sentenced to death and executed | [60] | ||
| 60. | Rüsau, Johann Georg, 51–52* | Aug. 15 | 1803 | Hamburg | | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [61] |
| 61. | Moog, Johann Gottlieb* | Aug. 21 | 1817 | Frankfurt | | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide Terminated a pregnancy | [62] |
| 62. | Holzwart, Christian* | Dec. 28/29 | 1845 | Sudenburg | | 6 | 0 | MA | Sentenced to death | [63] |
| 63. | Brough, Mary Ann, 43* | June 10 | 1854 | Esher, London, England | | 6 | 0 | M | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [64] |
| 64. | Unknown* | 1856 | Livorno | | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [65] | |
| 65. | Rodewald, Eduard, 34* | Jan. 8 | 1862 | Neu-Sobrusan | | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death | [66] |
| 66. | Errigo, Giuseppe* | June | 1870 | Casa Taverna | | 6 | 0 | FM | Committed suicide | [67] |
| 67. | Ruchalski, ---* | June 17/18 | 1875 | Zendowo | | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [68] |
| 68. | Nill, Bernhard, 34* | May 10 | 1885 | Bodelshausen | | 6 | 0 | MA | [69] | |
| 69. | Muckelmann, Friedrich* | Dec. 23 | 1885 | Hamm | | 6 | 0 | M | Arrested | [70] |
| 70. | Grosgeorge, Jean-Baptiste, 41* | May 28 | 1889 | Rougiville | | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [71] |
| 71. | Linke, Wilhelm, 36* | Aug. 30 | 1905 | Kamenz | | 6 | 0 | MA | Arrested | [72] |
| 72. | Head, Peter Robert* | Sept. 22 | 1905 | Amesbury, Wiltshire, England | | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [73] |
| 73. | Glaser, Anton, 30* | April 8/9 | 1907 | Dortmund | | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [74] |
| 74. | Nielsen, Maren | July | 1907 | Tvis | | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [75] |
| 75. | Bouvier, Alexis-Désiré, 37* | Dec. 11 | 1909 | Toulon | | 6 | 0 | FM | Committed suicide | [76] |
| 76. | Zautze, ---* | Sept. 12 | 1911 | Wassel | | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [77] |
| 77. | Dillinger, Heinrich Friedrich Karl* | Feb. 12 | 1912 | Reichenbach im Vogtland | | 6 | 0 | F | Arrested | [78] |
| 78. | Kudraszew, ---* | April | 1912 | Lubimow | | 6 | 0 | Arrested | [79] | |
| 79. | Husak, Franz, 44* | Feb. 4 | 1913 | Prague | | 6 | 0 | P | Committed suicide | [80] |
| 80. | Lengs, ---, 50 | April | 1913 | Sejny | | 6 | 0 | F | Arrested | [81] |
| 81. | Denk, Johann, 49* | April | 1916 | Mühlbach | | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [82] |
| 82. | Hecker, ---* | Jan. 22/23 | 1917 | Weilheim | | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [83] |
| 83. | Blaschkowski, Johann, 44 | June 17 | 1926 | Dortmund | | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [84] |
| 84. | Lewandowski, Leon, 21 | Feb. 24 | 1927 | Groß-Tarpnia | | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death | [85] |
| 85. | Hapczuk, Iwan* | June 2/3 | 1927 | Zabie | | 6 | 0 | FMA | Sentenced to death | [86] |
| 86. | Mitroff, ---, 25* | Oct. 27 | 1927 | Chamlievo | | 6 | 0 | M | Arrested | [87] |
| 87. | Kozaczek, Józef, 20* | Aug. 14 | 1929 | Wierzbowka | | 6 | 0 | M | Arrested | [88] |
| 88. | Müller, ---, 30* | March 1 | 1930 | Chemnitz | | 6 | 0 | P | Committed suicide | [89] |
| 89. | Poikonen, Onni Eemil, 36* | Sept. 21 | 1930 | Karstula | | 6 | 0 | MA | Perished in the fire | [90] |
| 90. | Skoruppa, Robert* | May 29 | 1931 | Knurów | | 6 | 0 | M | Arrested | [91] |
| 91. | Delafé, Pierre* | Feb. 9 | 1932 | Moirax | | 6 | 0 | FM | Sentenced to death | [92] |
| 92. | Meurer, Kurt Wilhelm, 37 | March 24/25 | 1932 | Jena | | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [93] |
| 93. | Studnitz, Anton, 37* | July | 1934 | Rybnik | | 6 | 0 | P | Committed suicide | [94] |
| 94. | Monchaux, Alfred, 44* | Oct. 12 | 1934 | Cambron | | 6 | 0 | MA | Committed suicide | [95] |
| 95. | Tainio, Lauri, 43* | Jan. 27 | 1937 | Hietala | | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [96] |
| 96. | Ochea, Albundi* | March | 1937 | Transsylvania | | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [97] |
| 97. | Schaßberger, Hugo, 37* | Aug. 27 | 1938 | Stuttgart | | 6 | 0 | MA | Committed suicide | [98] |
| 98. | Devillechaise, Paul, 41* | March 18 | 1939 | Autun | | 6 | 0 | FM | Committed suicide while awaiting trial | [99] |
| 99. | Unknown* | 1943 | Chukotka | | 6 | 0 | Committed suicide | [100] | ||
| 100. | Damm, Auguste, 43* | April 26 | 1943 | Zürich | | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [101] |
| 101. | Lehtikoski, Ervi Matti, 31* | Aug. 21 | 1944 | Kainasto | | 6 | 0 | FM | Committed suicide | [102] |
| 102. | Goebbels, Magda, 43 | May 1 | 1945 | Berlin | | 6 | 0 | P | Committed suicide | |
| 103. | Serval, Jean* | Oct. 11 | 1950 | Essey-lès-Nancy | | 6 | 0 | P | Committed suicide | [103] |
| 104. | Gillette, Léon, 70* | April 15 | 1952 | Le Tronquay | | 6 | 0 | MA | Committed suicide | [104] |
| 105. | Ruiz Martínez, José Maria, 45* | May 1 | 1962 | Madrid | | 6 | 0 | FM | Committed suicide | [105] |
| 106. | Suni, Uuno Ensio, 36* | Sept. 25 | 1962 | Muukko | | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [106] |
| 107. | Buschbeck, Kurt-Hermann, 44* | Aug. 4/5 | 1968 | Breitenbach | | 6 | 0 | MO | Committed suicide | [107] |
| 108. | Vestergaard, Søren, 49* | Jan. 28 | 1969 | Hee | | 6 | 0 | FM | Committed suicide | [108] |
| 109. | Leifeld, Liselotte, 33* | Sept. 23 | 1969 | Ahlen | | 6 | 0 | F P | Committed suicide | [109] |
| 110. | Rodriguez Taboadelo, Nicanor, 48 | Jan. 30 | 1971 | Ourense | | 6 | 0 | F | Arrested | [110] |
| 111. | Pankhurst, Richard Thomas, 30* | June 23 | 1971 | Biddenden, Borough of Ashford, Kent, England | | 6 | 0 | M | Arrested | [111] |
| 112. | Sobok, Ryszard, 29 | Feb. 11/12 | 1981 | Walim | | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death and executed Terminated a pregnancy | [112] |
| 113. | Deraymaeker, Josef, 63* | Feb. 23/24 | 1985 | Overijse | | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [113] |
| 114. | Püschner, Karl-Heinz, 36* | Feb. 12 | 1986 | Geisenfeld | | 6 | 0 | MP | Committed suicide | [114] |
| 115. | Le Van Than, 41* | July 10 | 1994 | Coudekerque-Branche | | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [115] |
| 116. | Demule, Guy, 37 | July 19 | 1994 | Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne | | 6 | 0 | FM | Committed suicide | [116] |
| 117. | Polevoi, Alexi, 17 | Feb. 27 | 1995 | Paris | | 6 | 0 | F | Sentenced to eight years in prison | [117] |
| 118. | Valente, Alfredo, 33* | Nov. 19 | 1996 | Buonvicino | | 6 | 0 | F | Sentenced to 30 years in prison | [118] |
| 119. | Selamet, Ozan, 42 | Jan. 18 | 2002 | Brussels | | 6 | 0 | FM | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [119] |
| 120. | McElhill, Arthur, 39* | Nov. 13 | 2007 | Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland | | 6 | 0 | A | Perished in the fire | [120] |
| 121. | Rzeszowski, Damian, 30 | Aug. 14 | 2011 | Saint Helier | | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to six concurrent 30-year terms | [121] |
| 122. | Chambers, John* | 1725 | Simer, North Yorkshire, England | | 6 | ? | Sentenced to death and executed | [122] | ||
| 123. | Nikolitch, --- | Sept. | 1906 | Gostionitza | | 6 | ? | M | Arrested | [123] |
| 124. | Massetti, Giuseppe* | Oct. 19 | 1913 | Rovato | | 6 | ? | F A | [124] | |
| 125. | Unknown* | 1927 | Ryazan | | 6 | ? | M | [125] | ||
| 126. | Unknown | Feb. | 1929 | Radom | | 6 | ? | [126] | ||
| 127. | Sitko, 21 | Aug. | 1930 | Baranovichi | | 6 | ? | A | [127] | |
| 128. | Hall, Frederick* | May 31 | 1898 | Nettlebank, Staffordshire, England | | 5–6 | 0–1 | M | Committed suicide Terminated a pregnancy | [128] |
| 129. | Seelenberg, Hermann* | July 13 | 1910 | Helmstedt | | 5–6 | 0–1 | F | Committed suicide | [129] |
| 130. | Bertling, ---* | June | 1917 | Gotha | | 5–6 | 0–1 | F | Attempted suicide | [130] |
| 131. | Niballi, Antonio, 44* | May | 1893 | Nicastro | | 5–6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [131] |
| 132. | Berko | Sept. 23 | 1905 | Horodenka | | 4–7 | 0–3 | F | Arrested | [132] |
| 133. | Gray, Edmond, 52* | Jan. 23 | 1934 | Berzée | | 4–6 | 0–2 | M | Committed suicide | [133] |
| 134. | Rosner, Johann, 23 | Oct. 28/29 | 1875 | Kirchfidisch | | 4–6 | 0 | MA | Sentenced to death and executed | [134] |
| 135. | Nogueira Gouveia, François Patrick, 19 | Sep. | 2016 | Pioz | | 4 | 0 | M | Sentenced to 25 years in prison | |
| 136. | Lomnitzky, Josef* | Dec. | 1930 | Ardanova | | 3–8 | 0–5 | P | Committed suicide | [135] |
| 137. | Frick, Hans, 41 | Nov. 10 | 1976 | Balzers | | 3 | 1 | F | Sentenced to death; commuted to 15 years imprisonment | [136] |
| 138. | Bluestone, Karl | Aug. 28 | 2001 | Gravesend | | 3 | 2 | M | Committed suicide | [137] |
| 139. | Rabadán Pardo, José, 16 | Apr. 1 | 2000 | Murcia | | 3 | 0 | M | Sentenced to 8 years of detention | |
| 140. | Carrero Alarcón, Miguel Ángel, 45 | Apr. 12 | 2013 | Ciudad Real | | 3 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [138] |
| 141. | N., Santiago, 15 | Feb. 7 | 2022 | Elche | | 3 | 0 | F | Arrested | |
| 142. | Prosper, Nicholas, 18 | Sep. 13 | 2024 | Luton | | 3 | 0 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment |
* – Marks cases where all the victims were relatives of the perpetrator
W – A basic description of the weapons used in the murders
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