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This is a list of school massacres by death toll.
# | Name | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Perpetrator | Terroristic organisations act | Fate of perpetrator(s) | Ref. |
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1. | Santa María School massacre | Dec 21 | 1907 | Iquique | Chile | 2,000 | ? | F | Chilean Army | No | 300 killed | |
2. | Beslan school siege | Sep 1 | 2004 | Beslan, North Ossetia-Alania | Russia | 333 | 783 | FME | Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs | Yes | Most killed by special forces, one captured and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment | |
3. | Dacca University massacre | Mar 25 | 1971 | Dhaka | East Pakistan | 200 | ? | FA | Al Badr, | No | [1] [2] | |
4. | Eastern University massacre | Sep 5 | 1990 | Chenkalady | Sri Lanka | 158 | ? | F | Sri Lankan Army | No | None | [3] |
5. | Peshawar school massacre | Dec 16 | 2014 | Peshawar | Pakistan | 149 | 114 | FME | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan | Yes | Killed by special forces | |
6. | Garissa University College attack | Apr 2 | 2015 | Garissa | Kenya | 148 | 79 | F | al-Shabaab | Yes | 4 killed and 5 arrested | |
7. | Kabul school bombing | May 8 | 2021 | Kabul | Afghanistan | 90 | 147 | E | Disputed | Yes | ||
8. | Nagerkovil school bombing | Sep 22 | 1995 | Jaffna | Sri Lanka | 71 | 150 | O | Sri Lanka Air Force | No | None | |
9. | Walisongo School Massacre | May 28 | 2000 | Poso, Central Sulawesi | Indonesia | 70 | ? | FM | Catholic militants | Yes | Executed | [4] |
10. | Kyanguli Fire Tragedy | Mar 24 | 2001 | Machakos County | Kenya | 67 | ? | A | Davis Onyango Opiyo, Felix Mambo Ngumbao (school students) | No | Arrested | |
11. | Buni Yadi Federal Government College massacre | Feb 25 | 2014 | Yobe State | Nigeria | 59 | ? | FMA | Boko Haram suspected | Yes | ||
12. | Thammasat University massacre | Oct 6 | 1976 | Sanam Luang | Thailand | 46–100+ | 167 | FO | Police, army and right-wing paramilitary: Red Gaurs, Nawaphon, and Village Scouts | No | None | |
13. | Chencholai bombing | Aug 14 | 2006 | Mullaitivu | Sri Lanka | 61 | 155 | O | Sri Lanka Air Force [5] | No | None | |
14. | Aleppo Artillery School massacre | June 16 | 1979 | Aleppo | Syria | 50–83 | ? | FE | Muslim Brotherhood | Yes | Escaped | |
15. | Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing | Apr 8 | 1970 | Bahr el-Baqar, Sharqia | Egypt | 46 | 50+ | E | Israeli Air Force | No | None | |
16. | Bath School disaster [lower-alpha 1] | May 18 | 1927 | Bath Township, MI | United States | 44 | 58 | E | Andrew Kehoe, 55 | No | Suicide | |
17. | Fanglin Village primary school explosion | Mar 6 | 2001 | Wanzai County, Jiangxi | China | 42 | 27 | E | Li Chuicai, 33 | No | Suicide | |
Yobe State school shooting | July 6 | 2013 | Mamudo, Yobe State | Nigeria | 42 | 6+ | FA | Boko Haram | Yes | Escaped | ||
19. | Nong Bua Lamphu massacre | Oct 6 | 2022 | Na Klang district, Nong Bua Lamphu | Thailand | 36 | 10 | FMV | Panya Khamrab (ปัญญา คำราบ) | No | Suicide | |
September 2022 Kabul school bombing | Sep 30 | 2022 | Kabul | Afghanistan | 36 | 82 | E | Yes | Suicide | |||
21. | Virginia Tech shooting | Apr 16 | 2007 | Blacksburg, VA | United States | 32 | 17 | F | Seung-Hui Cho (조승희), 23 | No | Suicide | |
22. | Ma'alot massacre | May 15 | 1974 | Ma'alot | Israel | 31 | 70 | FM | Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine | Yes | Killed by police | |
23. | Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting [lower-alpha 1] | Dec 14 | 2012 | Newtown, CT | United States | 27 | 2 | F | Adam Lanza, 20 | No | Suicide | |
24. | Gîsca school bombing | Apr 4 | 1950 | Gîsca, Moldavia | Soviet Union | 23 | ? | E | Vladimir Tatarnikov, 29 | No | Suicide | |
25. | Bacha Khan University attack | Jan 20 | 2016 | Charsadda | Pakistan | 22+ | ? | FE | Tehrik-i-Taliban | Yes | N | [6] |
26. | Robb Elementary School shooting | May 24 | 2022 | Uvalde, TX | United States | 21 | 18 | F | Salvador Rolando Ramos, 18 | No | Killed by border patrol tactical team | [7] |
27. | Kerch Polytechnic College massacre | Oct 17 | 2018 | Kerch, Crimea | Russia / Ukraine | 20 | 70 | FE | Vladislav Roslyakov, 18 | No | Suicide | |
28. | 2004 Dhemaji school bombing | Aug 15 | 2004 | Dhemaji, Assam | India | 18 | 40 | E | United Liberation Front of Assam [8] | Yes | ||
29. | University of Texas tower shooting [lower-alpha 1] | Aug 1 | 1966 | Austin, TX | United States | 17 | 31 | FM | Charles Whitman, 25 | No | Killed by police | |
Parkland high school shooting | Feb 14 | 2018 | Parkland, FL | United States | 17 | 17 | F | Nikolas Cruz, 19 | No | Life imprisonment | ||
Dunblane massacre | Mar 13 | 1996 | Dunblane | United Kingdom | 17 | 15 | F | Thomas Hamilton, 43 | No | Suicide | ||
32. | Erfurt school massacre | Apr 26 | 2002 | Erfurt | Germany | 16 | 1 | F | Robert Steinhäuser, 19 | No | Suicide | |
33. | Winnenden school shooting | Mar 11 | 2009 | Winnenden and Wendlingen | Germany | 15 | 9 | F | Tim Kretschmer, 17 | No | Suicide | |
2023 Prague shooting | Dec 21 | 2023 | Prague and Hostouň | Czech Republic | 15 | 25 | F | David Kozák, 24 | Suicide | |||
34. | École Polytechnique massacre | Dec 6 | 1989 | Montreal, QC | Canada | 14 | 14 | FM | Marc Lépine, 25 | No | Suicide | |
36. | Columbine High School massacre | Apr 20 | 1999 | Columbine, CO | United States | 13 | 24 | F M E | Eric Harris, 18 Dylan Klebold, 17 | No | Both died by suicide | |
Janaúba massacre | Oct 5 | 2017 | Janaúba | Brazil | 13 | 37 | A | Damião Soares dos Santos, 50 | Perished in the flames | |||
Chlef school attack | Oct 15 | 2002 | El Hadjadj, Chlef Province | Algeria | 13 | 1 | F | None | [9] | |||
39. | Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting | Apr 30 | 2009 | Baku | Azerbaijan | 12 | 13 | F | Farda Gadirov, 28 | No | Suicide | [10] [11] |
Rio de Janeiro school shooting | Apr 7 | 2011 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 12 | 22 | F | Wellington Oliveira, 23 | No | Suicide | ||
Shiguan kindergarten attack | May 8 | 2006 | Shiguan | China | 12 | 5 | MA | Bai Ningyang (白宁阳), 18 | No | Death penalty | ||
42. | Cologne school massacre | June 11 | 1964 | Cologne | West Germany | 10 | 22 | FM | Walter Seifert, 42 | No | Suicide | |
2018 Santa Fe High School shooting | May 18 | 2018 | Santa Fe, TX | United States | 10 | 13 | FE | Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17 | No | Arrested | ||
Suzano school shooting (Raul Brasil school) | Mar 13 | 2019 | Suzano | Brazil | 10 | 11 | FME | Guilherme Taucci Monteiro, 17 Luiz Henrique de Castro, 25 | Castro was murdered by Monteiro, who then committed suicide | |||
Belgrade school shooting | May 3 | 2023 | Belgrade | Serbia | 10 | 6 | F | 13-year-old male student | No | Arrested | [12] [13] | |
Enoch Brown school massacre | July 26 | 1764 | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 11 | 1 | FM | 4 Lenape Natives | No | Unknown | [14] | |
Kauhajoki school shooting | Sep 23 | 2008 | Kauhajoki | Finland | 10 | 1 | FA | Matti Saari, 22 | No | Suicide | ||
48. | Kazan school shooting | May 11 | 2021 | Kazan | Russia | 9 | 23 | FE | Ilnaz Galyaviev, 19 | No | Arrested | |
Shengshui kindergarten attack | May 12 | 2010 | Linchang | China | 9 | 11 | M | Wu Huanming (吴焕明), 47 | No | Suicide | [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] | |
2015 Umpqua Community College shooting | Oct 1 | 2015 | Roseburg, OR | United States | 9 | 8 | F | Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26 | No | Suicide | [20] | |
Red Lake massacre [lower-alpha 1] | Mar 21 | 2005 | Red Lake, MN | United States | 9 | 5 | F | Jeffrey Weise, 16 | No | Suicide | ||
Ruzhou school massacre | Nov 26 | 2004 | Ruzhou | China | 9 | 3 | M | Yan Yanming (闫彦明), 21 | No | Death penalty | [21] [22] | |
53. | Osaka school massacre | June 8 | 2001 | Ikeda, Osaka | Japan | 8 | 15 | M | Mamoru Takuma (宅間守), 37 | No | Death penalty | |
Mercaz HaRav massacre | Mar 6 | 2008 | Jerusalem | Israel | 8 | 11 | F | Alaa Abu Dheim (علاء هاشم أبو دهيم), 26 | No | Killed by police | ||
Studentski grad dormitory massacre | Dec 25 | 1974 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 8 | 8 | FM | Branimir Donchev, 17 | No | Arrested, later shot by police during escape attempt | [23] [24] [25] | |
Nanping school massacre | Mar 23 | 2010 | Nanping | China | 8 | 5 | M | Zheng Minsheng (郑明生), 41 | No | Death penalty | [26] [27] [28] [29] | |
Jokela school shooting | Nov 7 | 2007 | Jokela | Finland | 8 | 1 | F A | Pekka-Eric Auvinen, 18 | No | Suicide | ||
58. | Kumba school massacre | Oct 24 | 2020 | Kumba, Southwest Region | Cameroon | 7 | 13 | FM | Unknown | ? | ||
Lyamino School | Feb 11 | 1958 | Lyamino, Perm Krai | Soviet Union | 7 | 6 | F | Michael Tselousov (Целоусов, Михаил), 24 | No | Sentenced to death and executed | [30] | |
Burma school massacre | Mar 26 | 1975 | Kachin | Burma | 7 | 5 | M | U Win-maung | No | Killed by police | [31] [32] | |
Zhuping school massacre | Apr 1 | 1996 | Meitian | China | 7 | 5 | M | Wang Xiangjun | No | Arrested | [33] [34] [35] [36] | |
2012 Oikos University shooting | Apr 2 | 2012 | Oakland, CA | United States | 7 | 3 | F | One Goh, 43 | No | Life imprisonment | ||
63. | Perm State University shooting | Sep 20 | 2021 | Perm | Russia | 6 | 47 | F | Timur Bekmansurov, 18 | No | Severely injured and arrested | |
Anne Anne Kindergarten stabbing [lower-alpha 1] | June 3 | 1982 | Sham Shui Po | Hong Kong | 6 | 37 | M | Lee Chi Hang (李志衡), 28 | No | Sent to psychiatric hospital | ||
April 2022 Kabul school bombing | Apr 19 | 2022 | Kabul | Afghanistan | 6 | 25 | E | Yes | Unknown | |||
Isla Vista killings | May 23 | 2014 | Isla Vista, CA | United States | 6 | 14 | FMV | Elliot Rodger, 22 | No | Suicide | ||
Sana'a school shooting | Mar 30 | 1997 | Sanaa | Yemen | 6 | 12 | F | Mohammed Ahmad Misleh al-Nazari, 48 | No | Death penalty | [37] | |
Shafrir synagogue shooting attack | Apr 11 | 1956 | Kfar Chabad | Israel | 6 | 5 | F | Yes | Unknown | |||
Massacre in the Leningrad higher military political school of Ministry of Internal Affairs | May 19 | 1977 | Leningrad | Soviet Union | 6 | 2 | F | Anatoly Fedorenko (Федоренко, Анатолий) | No | Sentenced to death and executed | [38] | |
Massacre in the Kamyshin higher military engineer school | Mar 9 | 1997 | Kamyshin | Russia | 6 | 2 | F | Sergei Lepnev (Лепнев, Сергей), 18 | No | 25 years in prison | [39] [40] [41] | |
71. | Stockton schoolyard shooting | Jan 17 | 1989 | Stockton, CA | United States | 5 | 32 | F A | Patrick Purdy, 24 | No | Suicide | |
Atzmona school shooting | Mar 7 | 2002 | Atzmona | Gaza Strip | 5 | 23 | F E | Mohammed Fathi Farhat (محمد فتحي فرحات), 17 | No | Killed by soldiers | [42] [43] [44] | |
Poe Elementary School bombing | Sep 15 | 1959 | Houston, TX | United States | 5 | 19 | E | Paul Harold Orgeron, 49 | No | Killed by the explosion | [45] | |
Northern Illinois University shooting | Feb 14 | 2008 | DeKalb, IL | United States | 5 | 17 | F | Steven Kazmierczak, 27 | No | Suicide | ||
Eppstein school shooting | June 3 | 1983 | Eppstein | West Germany | 5 | 14 | F | Karel Charva, 34 | No | Suicide | [46] [47] | |
Obafemi Awolowo University massacre | July 10 | 1999 | Ifẹ, Osun State | Nigeria | 5 | 11 | FM | Black Axe | No | |||
1998 Westside Middle School shooting | Mar 24 | 1998 | Jonesboro, AR | United States | 5 | 10 | F | Andrew Golden, 11 Mitchell Johnson, 13 | No | Both imprisoned until their 21st birthday | ||
West Nickel Mines School shooting | Oct 2 | 2006 | Nickel Mines, PA | United States | 5 | 5 | F | Charles Roberts, 32 | No | Suicide | ||
Huaiji school massacre | Nov 26 | 2002 | Huaiji | China | 5 | 2 | M | Shi Ruoqiu (施若丘), 30 | No | Arrested | [48] [49] | |
Mesa school massacre | Nov 12 | 1966 | Mesa, AZ | United States | 5 | 2 | F | Robert Smith, 18 | No | Life imprisonment | [50] | |
2013 Santa Monica shootings | June 7 | 2013 | Santa Monica, CA | United States | 5 | 2 | F A | John Zawahri, 23 | No | Killed by police | ||
University of Iowa shooting | Nov 1 | 1991 | Iowa City, IA | United States | 5 | 1 | F | Gang Lu (卢刚), 28 | No | Suicide | ||
Veshkayma kindergarten shooting | Apr 26 | 2022 | Veshkayma, Ulyanovsk Oblast | Russia | 5 | 1 | F | Ruslan Akhtyamov | No | Suicide | ||
San Juan massacre | Oct 10 | 1977 | San Juan | Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 0 | M | Arrested | [51] | |||
Maradi massacre | Jan 10 | 1994 | Maradi | Niger | 5 | 0 | M | Arrested | [52] | |||
86. | Thurston High School shooting [lower-alpha 1] | May 20/21 | 1998 | Springfield, OR | United States | 4 | 28 | F | Kipland Kinkel, 15 | No | Life imprisonment | [53] |
Bremen school shooting | June 20 | 1913 | Bremen | Germany | 4 | 21 | F | Heinz Schmidt, 29 | No | Sent to psychiatric hospital | ||
Linwu school massacre | Sep 30 | 2004 | Linwu | China | 4 | 12 | M | Liu Hongwen (刘洪文), 28 | No | Sent to psychiatric hospital | [54] | |
Dendermonde nursery attack | Jan 23 | 2009 | Beveren and Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde | Belgium | 4 | 12 | M | Kim De Gelder, 20 | No | Life imprisonment | ||
Lindhurst High School shooting | May 1 | 1992 | Olivehurst, CA | United States | 4 | 10 | F | Eric Houston, 20 | No | Death penalty | ||
La Loche shootings | Jan 24 | 2016 | La Loche, SK | Canada | 4 | 7 | F | Randan Dakota Fontaine, 17 [55] | No | Life imprisonment | [56] | |
2021 Oxford High School shooting | Nov 30 | 2021 | Oxford Township, Michigan | United States | 4 | 7 | F | Ethan Crumbley, 15 | No | Life impresonment | [57] [58] | |
2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings | Dec 9 | 2007 | Arvada and Colorado Springs, CO | United States | 4 | 5 | F | Matthew Murray, 24 | No | Suicide | ||
Suixi school massacre | Jan 26 | 2003 | Suixi | China | 4 | 3 | M | Chen Peiquan, 35 | No | Arrested | [59] | |
Illinois school massacre | Sep 23 | 1988 | Chicago, IL | United States | 4 | 2 | F | Clemmie Henderson, 40 | No | Killed by police | [60] | |
Gongyi school massacre | Sep 14 | 2011 | Gongyi | China | 4 | 2 | M | Wang Hongbin, 30 | No | Arrested | [61] | |
Marysville shooting | Oct 24 | 2014 | Marysville, WA | United States | 4 | 3 | F | Jaylen Fryberg, 15 | No | Suicide | [62] | |
Concordia University massacre | Aug 24 | 1992 | Montreal, QC | Canada | 4 | 1 | F | Valery Fabrikant, 52 | No | Life imprisonment | [63] | |
Gulbene school massacre | Feb 22 | 1999 | Gulbene | Latvia | 4 | 1 | M | Alexander Koryakov, 19 | No | Life imprisonment | [64] | |
2001 Isla Vista killings | Feb 24 | 2001 | Isla Vista, CA | United States | 4 | 1 | V | David Attias, 18 | No | Sent to psychiatric hospital | [65] | |
Ozar Hatorah shooting | Mar 19 | 2012 | Toulouse | France | 4 | 1 | F | Mohammed Merah, 23 | No | Killed by police | [66] | |
Kunming school killings | Feb 13–15 | 2004 | Kunming | China | 4 | 0 | M | Ma Jiajue (馬加爵), 23 | No | Death penalty | [67] | |
103. | Wilno school massacre | May 6 | 1925 | Wilno | Poland | 3–6 | 4–11 | F E | Stanisław Ławrynowicz, Janusz Obrąbalski | No | Both died by suicide | |
104. | Zibo school massacre | Aug 3 | 2010 | Zibo | China | 3–4 | 7–20 | M | Fang Jiantang (方建堂), 26 | No | Death penalty | [68] |
105. | 1997 Heath High School shooting | Dec 1 | 1997 | Paducah, Kentucky, Kentucky | United States | 3 | 5 | F | Michael Carneal, 14 | No | Arrested | [69] |
2023 Michigan State University shooting | Feb 13 | 2023 | East Lansing MI | United States | 3 | 5 | F | Anthony Dwayne McRae, 43 | No | Self-inflicted gunshot | [70] |
The # symbol indicates the massacre's ranking by number of deaths (since this list is sorted by death toll, not by date or by number of overall casualties).
The W column gives a basic description of the weapons used:
This is a list of mass/spree killers who attacked schools. A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills three or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period. [71] [72] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others. [73] [74] [75]
The victims must be 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. | |
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1 | Kehoe, Andrew Philip, 55 [lower-alpha 1] | May 18 | 1927 | Bath Township, Michigan | United States | 44 | 58 | FME | Committed suicide Also killed numerous animals | |
2 | Khamrab, Panya, 34 (ปัญญา คำราบ) | Oct. 6 | 2022 | Na Klang | Thailand | 36 | 10 | FMV | Committed suicide | |
3 | Cho, Seung-Hui, 23 (조승희) | April 16 | 2007 | Blacksburg, Virginia | United States | 32 | 17 | F | Committed suicide Six more people were injured by jumping out of windows as they escape from the perpetrator | |
4 | Lanza, Adam Peter, 20 [lower-alpha 1] | Dec. 14 | 2012 | Newtown, Connecticut | United States | 27 | 2 | F | Committed suicide | |
5 | Ramos, Salvador Rolando, 18 [lower-alpha 1] | May 24 | 2022 | Uvalde, Texas | United States | 21 | 18 | F | Killed by police | |
6 | Roslyakov, Vladislav Igorevich, 18 (Росляков, Владислав Игоревич) | Oct. 17 | 2018 | Kerch | 20 | 70 | F E | Committed suicide | ||
7 | Kazantsev, Artyom Igorevich, 34 (Казанцев, Артём Игоревич) | Sept. 26 | 2022 | Izhevsk | Russia | 18 | 23 | F | Committed suicide | |
8 | Cruz, Nikolas Jacob, 19 | Feb. 14 | 2018 | Parkland, Florida | United States | 17 | 17 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
9 | Hamilton, Thomas Watt, 43 | March 13 | 1996 | Dunblane | United Kingdom | 17 | 15 | F | Committed suicide | |
10 | Whitman, Charles Joseph, 25 [lower-alpha 1] | Aug. 1 | 1966 | Austin, Texas | United States | 16 | 31 | FM | Killed by police Terminated a pregnancy One of the victims died in 2001; attributed to this event | |
11 | Kozák, David, 24 | Dec. 15/21 | 2023 | Klánovice Forest, Hostouň and Prague | Czech Republic | 16 | 25 | F | Committed suicide One more died by jumping out of a window | |
12 | Steinhäuser, Robert, 19 | April 26 | 2002 | Erfurt | Germany | 16 | 1 | F | Committed suicide | |
13 | Kretschmer, Tim, 17 | March 11 | 2009 | Winnenden and Wendlingen | Germany | 15 | 9 | F | Committed suicide | |
14 | Lépine, Marc, 25 | Dec. 6 | 1989 | Montreal, Quebec | Canada | 14 | 14 | FM | Committed suicide | |
15 | Harris, Eric David, 18 Klebold, Dylan Bennet, 17 | April 20 | 1999 | Columbine, Colorado | United States | 13 | 21 | F O | Both committed suicide | |
16 | Menezes de Oliveira, Wellington, 23 | April 7 | 2011 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 12 | 22 | F | Committed suicide | |
17 | Gadirov, Farda, 28 | April 30 | 2009 | Baku | Azerbaijan | 12 | 13 | F | Committed suicide | |
18 | Bai Ningyang, 18 (白宁阳) | May 8 | 2006 | Shiguan | China | 12 | 5 | MA | Sentenced to death and executed | |
19 | Seifert, Willi Walter, 42 | June 11 | 1964 | Cologne | West Germany | 10 | 22 | FM | Committed suicide | |
20 | Pagourtzis, Dimitrios, 17 (accused) | May 18 | 2018 | Santa Fe, Texas | United States | 10 | 13 | F | Arrested | |
21 | 7th-grade student, 13 | May 3 | 2023 | Belgrade | Serbia | 10 | 6 | F | Arrested | [12] [13] |
22 | Saari, Matti Juhani, 22 | Sept. 23 | 2008 | Kauhajoki | Finland | 10 | 1 | F A | Committed suicide | |
23 | Galyaviev, Ilnaz Rinatovich, 19 (Галявиев, Ильназ Ринатович) | May 11 | 2021 | Kazan | Russia | 9 | 23 | F E | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
24 | Zhao Zewei, 28 (赵泽伟) | April 27 | 2018 | Yulin | China | 9 | 12 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [76] |
25 | Wu Huanming, 47 (吴焕明) | May 12 | 2010 | Linchang | China | 9 | 11 | M | Committed suicide | |
26 | Harper-Mercer, Christopher Sean, 26 | Oct. 1 | 2015 | Roseburg, Oregon | United States | 9 | 8 | F | Committed suicide | |
27 | Weise, Jeffrey James, 16 [lower-alpha 1] | March 21 | 2005 | Red Lake, Minnesota | United States | 9 | 5 | F | Committed suicide | |
28 | Yan Yanming, 21 (闫彦明) | Nov. 26 | 2004 | Ruzhou | China | 9 | 3 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [77] |
29 | Takuma, Mamoru, 37 (宅間守) | June 8 | 2001 | Ikeda, Osaka | Japan | 8 | 15 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | |
30 | Ala Hisham Abu Dheim, 26 (علاء هاشم أبو دهيم) | March 6 | 2008 | Jerusalem | Israel | 8 | 11 | F | Killed by soldiers | |
31 | Henrique de Castro, Luiz, 25 Taucci Monteiro, Guilherme, 17 [lower-alpha 1] | March 13 | 2019 | Suzano | Brazil | 8 | 11 | FM | Henrique killed by Taucci Taucci committed suicide | |
32 | Donchev, Branimir Delchev, 17 (Дончев, Бранимир Делчев) | Dec. 24 | 1974 | Durvenitsa | Bulgaria | 8 | 8 | FM | Found not guilty by reason of insanity Terminated a pregnancy | [78] |
33 | Zheng Minsheng, 41 (郑民生) | March 23 | 2010 | Nanping | China | 8 | 5 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [79] |
34 | Yu Hua, 40 (於華) | Sept. 2 | 2019 | Baiyangping | China | 8 | 2 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [80] |
35 | Auvinen, Pekka-Eric, 18 | Nov. 7 | 2007 | Jokela | Finland | 8 | 1 | F A | Committed suicide | |
36 | U Win-maung | March 26 | 1975 | Kachin | Burma | 7 | 5 | M | Killed by police | [81] |
37 | Wang Xiangjun | April 1 | 1996 | Meitian | China | 7 | 5 | M | Arrested | [82] |
38 | Goh, One L., 43 | April 2 | 2012 | Oakland, California | United States | 7 | 3 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
39 | Bekmansurov, Timur Maratovich, 18 (Бекмансуров, Тимур Маратович) | Sept. 20 | 2021 | Perm | Russia | 6 | 23 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
40 | Lee Chi Hang, 28 [lower-alpha 1] (李志衡) | June 3 | 1982 | Sham Shui Po | Hong Kong | 6 | 37 | M | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | |
41 | Mohammed Ahmad Misleh al-Nazari, 48 | March 30 | 1997 | Sana'a | Yemen | 6 | 12 | F | Sentenced to death and executed | [83] |
42 | Fedorenko, Anatoly (Федоренко, Анатолий) | May 19 | 1977 | Leningrad | Soviet Union | 6 | 2 | F | Sentenced to death and executed | [84] |
43 | Lepnev, Sergei, 18 (Лепнев, Сергей) | March 9 | 1997 | Kamyshin | Russia | 6 | 2 | F | Sentenced to death, later changed to life imprisonment, later changed to 25 years in prison | [85] |
44 | Wu Moujie, 25 (吴某杰) | July 10 | 2023 | Lianjiang, Guangdong | China | 6 | 1 | M | Arrested | [86] |
45 | Hale, Audrey Elizabeth, 28 | March 27 | 2023 | Nashville, Tennessee | United States | 6 | 0 | F | Killed by police | |
46. | Purdy, Patrick Edward, 24 | Jan. 17 | 1989 | Stockton, California | United States | 5 | 32 | F A | Committed suicide | |
47 | Mohammed Fathi Farhat, 17 (محمد فتحي فرحات) | March 7 | 2002 | Gush Katif | Gaza Strip | 5 | 23 | F E | Killed by soldiers | [87] |
48 | Kazmierczak, Steven Phillip, 27 | Feb. 14 | 2008 | DeKalb, Illinois | United States | 5 | 17 | F | Committed suicide | |
49 | Charva, Karel, 34 | June 3 | 1983 | Eppstein | West Germany | 5 | 14 | F | Committed suicide | [88] |
50 | Golden, Andrew Douglas, 11 Johnson, Mitchell Scott, 13 | March 24 | 1998 | Jonesboro, Arkansas | United States | 5 | 10 | F | Both were imprisoned until their 21st birthday | |
51 | Roberts, Charles Carl, 32 | Oct. 2 | 2006 | Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania | United States | 5 | 5 | F | Committed suicide | |
52 | Kinkel, Kipland Philip, 15 [lower-alpha 1] | May 20/21 | 1998 | Springfield, Oregon | United States | 4 | 25 | F | Sentenced to 111 years in prison | [89] |
53 | Schmidt, Heinz Jakob Friedrich Ernst, 29 | June 20 | 1913 | Bremen | Germany | 4 | 21 | F | Found not guilty by reason of insanity One more died trying to escape | |
54 | Rodrigues Castiglioni, Gabriel, 16 | Nov. 25 | 2022 | Aracruz | Brazil | 4 | 12 | F | Sentenced to 3 years in prison | |
55 | Liu Hongwen, 28 (刘洪文) | Sept. 30 | 2004 | Linwu County | China | 4 | 12 | M | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [90] |
56 | De Gelder, Kim, 20 | Jan. 16/23 | 2009 | Vrasene and Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde | Belgium | 4 | 12 | M | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
57 | Houston, Eric Christopher, 20 | May 1 | 1992 | Olivehurst, California | United States | 4 | 10 | F | Sentenced to death | |
58 | Fontaine, Randan Dakota, 17 [lower-alpha 1] | Jan. 22 | 2016 | La Loche, Saskatchewan | Canada | 4 | 7 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
59 | Crumbley, Ethan, 15 | Nov. 30 | 2021 | Oxford Township, Michigan | United States | 4 | 7 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
60 | Bayar, Volkan, 37 | Apr. 5 | 2018 | Eskişehir | Turkey | 4 | 0 | F | Arrested. | [91] |
61 | Fang Jiantang, 26 (方建堂) | Aug. 3 | 2010 | Zibo | China | 3–5 | 6–20 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [92] |
62 | Wu Yechang, 25 (吴业昌) | Sept. 21 | 2012 | Pingnan County | China | 3 | 13 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [93] |
63 | Barbaro, Anthony F., 17 | Dec. 30 | 1974 | Olean, New York | United States | 3 | 11 | F E | Committed suicide while awaiting trial | |
64 | Ławrynowicz, Stanisław, 22 Obrapalski, Janusz, 21 | May 6 | 1925 | Wilno/Vilnius | Poland (current day Lithuania) | 3 | 9 | F E | Both committed suicide | |
65 | Solich, Rafael, 15 | Sep. 28 | 2004 | Carmen de Patagones | Argentina | 3 | 5 | F | Declared too young to be persecuted | |
66 | Lundin Petterson, Anton Niclas, 19 | Oct. 22 | 2015 | Trollhättan | Sweden | 3 | 2 | M | Killed by police | |
67 | Arancibia Navarro, Iván Jesus, 47 [lower-alpha 1] | Dec. 17 | 1999 | Valparaíso | Chile | 3 | 0 | F | Also attempted suicide. Declared not guilty by reason of insanity. |
The W-column gives a basic description of the weapons used in the murders
The Cleveland Elementary School shooting occurred on January 17, 1989, at Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California, United States, when 24-year-old Patrick Purdy, who had an extended criminal history, shot and killed five students and wounded 32 others. As first responders arrived at the scene, Purdy committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
On 6 March 2008, a lone Palestinian gunman shot multiple students at the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva, a religious school in West Jerusalem. Eight students and the assailant were killed. Eleven more were wounded, five of them placed in serious to critical condition.
A series of uncoordinated mass stabbings, hammer attacks, and cleaver attacks in the People's Republic of China began in March 2010. The spate of attacks left at least 90 dead and some 473 injured. As most cases had no known motive, analysts have blamed mental health problems caused by rapid social change for the rise in these kinds of mass murder and murder-suicide incidents.
The Yongzhou courthouse shooting occurred on 1 June 2010, when 46-year-old Zhu Jun (朱军), armed with a submachine gun and 2 other weapons, entered the Lingling District People's Court (零陵区法院) in Lingling, Yongzhou, Hunan and randomly killed 3 judicial workers who happened to be at work at an office on the 4th floor.
The Changsha IRD Building Bombings occurred on July 30, 2010 at about 4:15pm, and resulted in four deaths and 19 injuries. The site of the blasts was the third floor of the Dongtundu (東屯渡) Inland Revenue Department Branch Building in Furong District, Changsha, Hunan, China.
The Hebei tractor rampage was an apparently spontaneous mass murder rampage in August 2010 in which 17 people were killed in Yuanshi County, Hebei, China by an intoxicated man driving a bucket loader. At least 20 others were wounded in the attack.
On June 28, 2018, in the Xuhui District of Shanghai, China, three boys and a female parent were stabbed with a knife near the gate of the West Campus of the Shanghai World Foreign Language Primary School at Pubei Road, Shanghai. Two boys who attended died, and another student and parent were injured. The suspect, Huang Yichuan, was arrested by the Procuratorate the next day.
On 11 January 2023, the driver of a black BMW X3 deliberately rammed his vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians and motorists on Tianhe Road in Guangzhou, China, killing six people and injuring 29 others. 22-year-old Wen Qingyun was arrested in connection to the attack, sentenced to death, and subsequently executed on 19 April 2024.
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