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This is a list of school massacres by death toll.
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. [73] [74] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others. [75] [76] [77]
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 | Li Chuicai, 32 | Mar 6 | 2001 | Fanglin Village, Wanzai County, Jiangxi, | China | 41 | 27 | EO | Committed suicide | |
3 | Khamrab, Panya, 34 (ปัญญา คำราบ) | Oct. 6 | 2022 | Na Klang | Thailand | 36 | 10 | FMV | Committed suicide | |
4 | 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 | |
5 | Lanza, Adam Peter, 20 [lower-alpha 1] | Dec. 14 | 2012 | Newtown, Connecticut | United States | 27 | 2 | F | Committed suicide | |
6 | Ramos, Salvador Rolando, 18 [lower-alpha 1] | May 24 | 2022 | Uvalde, Texas | United States | 21 | 18 | F | Killed by police | |
7 | Roslyakov, Vladislav Igorevich, 18 (Росляков, Владислав Игоревич) | Oct. 17 | 2018 | Kerch | 20 | 70 | F E | Committed suicide | ||
8 | Kazantsev, Artyom Igorevich, 34 (Казанцев, Артём Игоревич) | Sept. 26 | 2022 | Izhevsk | Russia | 18 | 23 | F | Committed suicide | |
9 | Cruz, Nikolas Jacob, 19 | Feb. 14 | 2018 | Parkland, Florida | United States | 17 | 17 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
10 | Hamilton, Thomas Watt, 43 | March 13 | 1996 | Dunblane | United Kingdom | 17 | 15 | F | Committed suicide | |
11 | Whitman, Charles Joseph, 25 [lower-alpha 1] | Aug. 1 | 1966 | Austin, Texas | United States | 15 | 31 | F | Killed by police Terminated a pregnancy One of the victims died in 2001; attributed to this event | |
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 | Kozák, David, 24 | Dec. 21 | 2023 | Prague | Czech Republic | 14 | 25 | F | Committed suicide Also killed two people days earlier One more died indirectly | |
15 | Lépine, Marc, 25 | Dec. 6 | 1989 | Montreal, Quebec | Canada | 14 | 14 | FM | Committed suicide | |
16 | Soares dos Santos, Damião, 50 | Oct. 5 | 2017 | Janaúba | Brazil | 13 | 37 | A | Committed suicide | |
17 | Harris, Eric David, 18 Klebold, Dylan Bennet, 17 | April 20 | 1999 | Columbine, Colorado | United States | 13 | 21 | F O | Both committed suicide | |
18 | Menezes de Oliveira, Wellington, 23 | April 7 | 2011 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 12 | 22 | F | Committed suicide | |
19 | Gadirov, Farda, 28 | April 30 | 2009 | Baku | Azerbaijan | 12 | 13 | F | Committed suicide | |
20 | Bai Ningyang, 18 (白宁阳) | May 8 | 2006 | Shiguan | China | 12 | 5 | MA | Sentenced to death and executed | |
21 | Seifert, Willi Walter, 42 | June 11 | 1964 | Cologne | West Germany | 10 | 22 | FM | Committed suicide | |
22 | Pagourtzis, Dimitrios, 17 (accused) | May 18 | 2018 | Santa Fe, Texas | United States | 10 | 13 | F | Arrested | |
23 | Kecmanović, Kosta, 13 | May 3 | 2023 | Belgrade | Serbia | 10 | 6 | F | Arrested | [13] [14] |
24 | Saari, Matti Juhani, 22 | Sept. 23 | 2008 | Kauhajoki | Finland | 10 | 1 | F A | Committed suicide | |
25 | Galyaviev, Ilnaz Rinatovich, 19 (Галявиев, Ильназ Ринатович) | May 11 | 2021 | Kazan | Russia | 9 | 23 | F E | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
26 | Zhao Zewei, 28 (赵泽伟) | April 27 | 2018 | Yulin | China | 9 | 12 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [78] |
27 | Wu Huanming, 47 (吴焕明) | May 12 | 2010 | Linchang | China | 9 | 11 | M | Committed suicide | |
28 | Harper-Mercer, Christopher Sean, 26 | Oct. 1 | 2015 | Roseburg, Oregon | United States | 9 | 8 | F | Committed suicide | |
29 | Weise, Jeffrey James, 16 [lower-alpha 1] | March 21 | 2005 | Red Lake, Minnesota | United States | 9 | 5 | F | Committed suicide | |
30 | Yanming, Yan, 21 (闫彦明) | Nov. 26 | 2004 | Ruzhou | China | 9 | 3 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [79] |
31 | Takuma, Mamoru, 37 (宅間守) | June 8 | 2001 | Ikeda, Osaka | Japan | 8 | 15 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | |
32 | Ala Hisham Abu Dheim, 26 (علاء هاشم أبو دهيم) | March 6 | 2008 | Jerusalem | Israel | 8 | 11 | F | Killed by soldiers | |
33 | 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 | |
34 | 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 | [80] |
35 | Zheng Minsheng, 41 (郑民生) | March 23 | 2010 | Nanping | China | 8 | 5 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [81] |
36 | Yu Hua, 40 (於華) | Sept. 2 | 2019 | Baiyangping | China | 8 | 2 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [82] |
37 | Auvinen, Pekka-Eric, 18 | Nov. 7 | 2007 | Jokela | Finland | 8 | 1 | F A | Committed suicide | |
38 | U Win-maung | March 26 | 1975 | Kachin | Burma | 7 | 5 | M | Killed by police | [83] |
39 | Wang Xiangjun | April 1 | 1996 | Meitian | China | 7 | 5 | M | Arrested | [84] |
40 | Goh, One L., 43 | April 2 | 2012 | Oakland, California | United States | 7 | 3 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
41 | Bekmansurov, Timur Maratovich, 18 (Бекмансуров, Тимур Маратович) | Sept. 20 | 2021 | Perm | Russia | 6 | 23 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
42 | 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 | |
43 | Mohammed Ahmad Misleh al-Nazari, 48 | March 30 | 1997 | Sana'a | Yemen | 6 | 12 | F | Sentenced to death and executed | [85] |
44 | Roberts, Charles Carl, 32 | Oct. 2 | 2006 | Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania | United States | 6 | 4 | F | Committed suicide one of the victims died in 2024; attributed to this event | |
45 | Fedorenko, Anatoly (Федоренко, Анатолий) | May 19 | 1977 | Leningrad | Soviet Union | 6 | 2 | F | Sentenced to death and executed | [86] |
46 | 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 | [87] |
47 | Wu Moujie, 25 (吴某杰) | July 10 | 2023 | Lianjiang, Guangdong | China | 6 | 1 | M | Arrested | [88] |
48 | Hale, Audrey Elizabeth, 28 | March 27 | 2023 | Nashville, Tennessee | United States | 6 | 1 | F | Killed by police one more was injured indirectly | |
49 | Purdy, Patrick Edward, 24 | Jan. 17 | 1989 | Stockton, California | United States | 5 | 32 | F A | Committed suicide | |
50 | Mohammed Fathi Farhat, 17 (محمد فتحي فرحات) | March 7 | 2002 | Gush Katif | Gaza Strip | 5 | 23 | F E | Killed by soldiers | [89] |
51 | Kazmierczak, Steven Phillip, 27 | Feb. 14 | 2008 | DeKalb, Illinois | United States | 5 | 17 | F | Committed suicide | |
52 | Charva, Karel, 34 | June 3 | 1983 | Eppstein | West Germany | 5 | 14 | F | Committed suicide | [90] |
53 | 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 | |
54 | Kipper Mai, Fabiano | May 4 | 2021 | Saudades | Brazil | 5 | 1 | M | Sentenced to 329 years and 4 months in prison | |
55 | Kinkel, Kipland Philip, 15 [lower-alpha 1] | May 20/21 | 1998 | Springfield, Oregon | United States | 4 | 25 | F | Sentenced to 111 years in prison | [91] |
56 | 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 | |
57 | Rodrigues Castiglioni, Gabriel, 16 | Nov. 25 | 2022 | Aracruz | Brazil | 4 | 12 | F | Sentenced to 3 years in prison | |
58 | Liu Hongwen, 28 (刘洪文) | Sept. 30 | 2004 | Linwu County | China | 4 | 12 | M | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [92] |
59 | De Gelder, Kim, 20 | Jan. 16/23 | 2009 | Vrasene and Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde | Belgium | 4 | 12 | M | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
60 | Houston, Eric Christopher, 20 | May 1 | 1992 | Olivehurst, California | United States | 4 | 10 | F | Sentenced to death | |
61 | Gray, Colt, 14 (accused) | Sept. 4 | 2024 | Winder, Georgia | United States | 4 | 7 | F | Arrested | [93] |
62 | Fontaine, Randan Dakota, 17 [lower-alpha 1] | Jan. 22 | 2016 | La Loche, Saskatchewan | Canada | 4 | 7 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
63 | Crumbley, Ethan, 15 | Nov. 30 | 2021 | Oxford Township, Michigan | United States | 4 | 7 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
64 | Henrique de Lima, Luiz, 25 | Apr. 5 | 2023 | Blumenau | Brazil | 4 | 5 | M | Sentenced to 220 years in prison | |
65 | Bayar, Volkan, 37 | Apr. 5 | 2018 | Eskişehir | Turkey | 4 | 0 | F | Arrested. | [94] |
66 | Fang Jiantang, 26 (方建堂) | Aug. 3 | 2010 | Zibo | China | 3–5 | 6–20 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [95] |
67 | Wu Yechang, 25 (吴业昌) | Sept. 21 | 2012 | Pingnan County | China | 3 | 13 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [96] |
68 | Barbaro, Anthony F., 17 | Dec. 30 | 1974 | Olean, New York | United States | 3 | 11 | F E | Committed suicide while awaiting trial | |
69 | Ławrynowicz, Stanisław, 22 Obrapalski, Janusz, 21 | May 6 | 1925 | Wilno/Vilnius | Poland (current day Lithuania) | 3 | 9 | F E | Both committed suicide | |
70 | Solich, Rafael, 15 | Sep. 28 | 2004 | Carmen de Patagones | Argentina | 3 | 5 | F | Declared too young to be persecuted | |
71 | Lundin Petterson, Anton Niclas, 19 | Oct. 22 | 2015 | Trollhättan | Sweden | 3 | 2 | M | Killed by police | |
72 | Galaviz, Gabriel Alejandro, 20 | Mar. 6 | 2024 | Guadalajara | Mexico | 3 | 1 | M | Later died by suicide while awaiting trial. | [97] |
73 | Arancibia Navarro, Iván Jesus, 47 [lower-alpha 1] | Dec. 17 | 1999 | Valparaíso | Chile | 3 | 0 | F | Also attempted suicide. Found not guilty by reason of insanity. | |
74 | Vukalić, Mehmed, 50 | Aug. 21 | 2024 | Sanski Most | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 0 | F | Also attempted suicide. |
The W-column gives a basic description of the weapons used in the murders
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