List of rampage killers (mass murders committed using grenades)

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This list of rampage killers lists mass murders where the perpetrator used only hand grenades or comparable explosive devices, like pipe bombs or dynamite sticks, for the attack. As it is sometimes difficult to distinguish cases of grenade attacks from acts of terrorism or gang-related attacks, incidents are only included where there is at least some indication that it was neither committed in the context of a political, ethnic, or religious conflict, nor part of an assault with more than one participating offender.

A rampage killer has been defined as follows:

A rampage involves the (attempted) killing of multiple persons least partly in public space by a single physically present perpetrator using (potentially) deadly weapons in a single event without any cooling-off period. [1]

This list should contain every case with at least one of the following features:

Rampage killers

NameDateYearLocationCountryKilledInjuredAdditional notesRef.
1. Franch, Salvador Santiago, 311893 Barcelona Spain
20–22
27–35
Sentenced to death and executed [2]
2.Unknown soldierUkraine
13
?
[3]
3.Unknown, 211979 Sakhon Nakhon Province Thailand
12
40+
Arrested [4]
4.Ismatov, Bobomurad, 491994 Kulyab Tajikistan
12
28
Committed suicide [5]
5.Hazaa SharmanSep. 262016 Yarim Yemen
12
18
Committed suicide [6]
6.Sulngarm, Vitoon1973 Phitsanulok Province Thailand
11
12–21
Killed by the explosion [7]
7.Gbaki, Justin AngeloSep. 282018 Yambio South Sudan
10
32
Arrested [8]
8.Chen Anjin
(陈安进)
1978 Guangxi China
9
67
Committed suicide
9.Unknown soldier, 231993 Nongmasaew Thailand
9
28
Arrested [9]
10.Unknown1972Thailand
9
10
Arrested [10]
11.Unknown Soldier1990 Kampala Uganda
9
?
Sentenced to death and executed [11]
12.Unknown SoldierFeb. 211982 Ubon Ratchathani Province Thailand
8
46
[12]
13.Unknown soldier, 23Laos
8
12
Killed by the explosion [13]
14.Unknown soldier, 35Laos
7
30
Killed by the explosion [13]
15.UnknownFeb.1967 Surabaya Indonesia
7
24
[14]
16.Cuellar Beltran, Jorge Alberto1991 Comasagua El Salvador
6–8
54–90
[15]
17.Abdullah Salih al-Hajiri1999 Sana'a Yemen
6–7
40–43
Arrested [16]
18.Avraham, Ezra, 191975 Netanya Israel
6
26
Arrested [17]
19.Shin Myung-sik, 231968 Andong City South Korea
5–7
43–52
Sentenced to death [18]
20.David, Ernesto, 281980 Manila Philippines
5
25–34
Arrested [19]
21.You Ein, 39Nov. 12001Srei SaomCambodia
5
25
Arrested [20]
22.Lacsina, Ederlino L.1978 Camarines Sur Philippines
5
14
Arrested [21]
23.Yeh Jong-namJune 61956UijeongbuSouth Korea
5
5
Committed suicide [22]
24.Hernández Peña, Luis ÁlvaroAug. 292005El JardínColombia
5
5
Arrested [23]
25. Bertoli, Gianfranco 1973 Milan Italy
4
52
Sentenced to life imprisonment
26.Unknown SoldierDec.1973 Phnom Penh Cambodia
4
45
[24]
27.Retana, JulioDec.1989Santa AnaEl Salvador
4
45
Committed suicide [25]
28.Unknown soldier, 261959Laos
4
20
Arrested [26]
29.He Dengtian
(何登天)
2005 Danzhou China
4
6
Committed suicide [27]
30.Lotero Paredes, HéctorAug. 171969 Apartadó Colombia
3-4
25-30
Killed by the explosion [28]
31.Cervantes, Richard, 201996 Talisay, CebuPhilippines
3
15
Arrested [29]
32.Marish Ali Al-Akhram, 302003 Hawth Yemen
2
34
Arrested [30]
33.Unknown, 22Nov. 71996 Noby Russia
2
31
Arrested [31]
34.Mohammed Hassan al-Wajeeh, 30
(محمد حسن)
2008 Sana'a Yemen
2
23–25
Sentenced to death [32]
35.Unknown soldier1954 Bou Amrane Tunisia
2
13
Killed by soldiers [33]
36.Jung, Heidrun-Erika, 491996 Frankfurt Germany
2
13
Killed by the explosion [34]
37.Garcia, Rodolfo, 24May 101969MaplasPhilippines
2
11
[35]
38.UnknownMay 101974Hat Yai DistrictThailand
2
10
Arrested [36]

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