List of rampage killers (school massacres)

This section of the list of rampage killers contains those cases that occurred at kindergartens, schools and universities, as well as their affiliated buildings. If the perpetrator was a member of the school staff and the victims primarily his colleagues, the case is not included here, but it is added to the list of rampage workplace killings.

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 killings with 6 or more dead
  • Rampage killings with at least 4 people killed and least ten victims overall (dead plus injured)
  • Rampage killings with at least 2 people killed and least 12 victims overall (dead plus injured)
  • An incidence of rampage killing shall not be included in this list if it does not include at least two people killed.
  • In all cases the perpetrator is not counted among those killed or injured.

All abbreviations used in the table are explained below.

Rampage killers

Perpetrator Date Year Location Country Killed Injured W Additional Notes Ref.
1.Kehoe, Andrew Philip, 55[n 1] May 181927Bath Township, MichiganU.S.
44
58
FMECommitted suicide
Also killed numerous animals
2.Cho, Seung-Hui, 23
(조승희)		 April 162007Blacksburg, VirginiaU.S.
32
17
FCommitted suicide
3.Lanza, Adam Peter, 20[n 1] Dec. 142012Newtown, ConnecticutU.S.
27
2
FCommitted suicide
4.Cruz, Nikolas Jacob, 19 (suspect)Feb. 142018Parkland, FloridaU.S.
17
17
FArrested
5.Hamilton, Thomas Watt, 43 March 131996DunblaneU.K.
17
15
FCommitted suicide
6.Steinhäuser, Robert, 19 April 262002ErfurtGermany
16
1
FCommitted suicide
7.Whitman, Charles Joseph, 25[n 1] Aug. 11966Austin, TexasU.S.
15
32
FMKilled by police
Killed an unborn child
One of the injured died in 2001; attributed to this event
8.Kretschmer, Tim, 17 March 112009Winnenden and WendlingenGermany
15
9
FCommitted suicide
9.Lépine, Marc, 25 Dec. 61989Montreal, QuebecCanada
14
14
FMCommitted suicide
10.Harris, Eric David, 18
Klebold, Dylan Bennet, 17		 April 201999Columbine, ColoradoU.S.
13
21
F EBoth committed suicide
11.Menezes de Oliveira, Wellington, 23 April 72011Rio de JaneiroBrazil
12
22
FCommitted suicide
12.Gadirov, Farda, 28 April 302009BakuAzerbaijan
12
13
FCommitted suicide
One more died by jumping out of a window
13.Bai Ningyang, 18
(白宁阳)		 May 82006ShiguanChina
12
5
 MASentenced to death and executed
14.Seifert, Willi Walter, 42 June 111964VolkhovenGermany (West)
10
22
FMCommitted suicide
15.Pagourtzis, Dimitrios, 17 (suspect)May 182018Santa Fe, TexasU.S.
10
13
FArrested
16.Saari, Matti Juhani, 22 Sep. 232008KauhajokiFinland
10
1
F ACommitted suicide
17.Wu Huanming, 47
(吴焕明)		 May 122010LinchangChina
9
11
 MCommitted suicide
18.Zhao Zewei, 28
(赵泽伟)		April 272018YulinChina
9
11
 MSentenced to death and executed[2]
19.Harper-Mercer, Christopher Sean, 26 Oct. 12015Roseburg, OregonU.S.
9
8
FCommitted suicide
20.Weise, Jeffrey James, 16[n 1] March 212005Red Lake, MinnesotaU.S.
9
5
FCommitted suicide
21.Yan Yanming, 21
(闫彦明)		 Nov. 262004RuzhouChina
9
3
 MSentenced to death and executed[3]
22.Takuma, Mamoru, 37
(宅間 守)		 June 82001Ikeda, OsakaJapan
8
15
 MSentenced to death and executed
23.Ala Hisham Abu Dheim, 26
(علاء هاشم أبو دهيم)		 March 62008JerusalemIsrael
8
11
FKilled by soldiers
24.Zheng Minsheng, 41
(郑民生)		 March 232010NanpingChina
8
5
 MSentenced to death and executed[4]
25.Auvinen, Pekka-Eric, 18 Nov. 72007JokelaFinland
8
1
F ACommitted suicide
26.U Win-maung March 261975Burma
7
5
 MKilled by police[5]
27.Wang Xiangjun April 11996MeitianChina
7
5
 MArrested[6]
28.Goh, One L., 43 April 22012Oakland, CaliforniaU.S.
7
3
FSentenced to life imprisonment
29.Lee Chi Hang, 28[n 1]
(李志衡)		 June 31982Sham Shui PoHong Kong
6
37
 MFound not guilty by reason of insanity
30.Mohammed Ahmad Misleh al-Nazari, 48 March 301997Sana'aYemen
6
12
FSentenced to death and executed[7]
31.Donchev, Branimir, 17 Dec. 241974DurvenitsaBulgaria
6
10
FArrested[8]
32.Fedorenko, Anatoly
(Федоренко, Анатолий)		May 191977LeningradSoviet Union
6
2
FSentenced to death and executed[9]
33.Lepnev, Sergei, 18
(Лепнев, Сергей)		 March 91997KamyshinRussia
6
2
FSentenced to death, later changed to life imprisonment,
later changed to 25 years in prison		[10]
34.Purdy, Patrick Edward, 24 Jan. 171989Stockton, CaliforniaU.S.
5
32
F ACommitted suicide
35.Mohammed Fathi Farhat, 17
(محمد فتحي فرحات)		 March 72002AtzmonaGaza Strip
5
23
F EKilled by soldiers[11]
36.Kazmierczak, Steven Phillip, 27 Feb. 142008DeKalb, IllinoisU.S.
5
17
FCommitted suicide
37.Charva, Karel, 34 June 31983EppsteinGermany (West)
5
14
FCommitted suicide[12]
38.Golden, Andrew Douglas, 11
Johnson, Mitchell Scott, 13		 March 241998Jonesboro, ArkansasU.S.
5
10
FBoth were imprisoned until their 21st birthday
39.Roberts, Charles Carl, 32 Oct. 22006Nickel Mines, PennsylvaniaU.S.
5
5
FCommitted suicide
40.Kinkel, Kipland Philip, 15[n 1] May 20/211998Springfield, OregonU.S.
4
25
FSentenced to 111 years in prison[13]
41.Schmidt, Heinz Jakob Friedrich Ernst, 29 June 201913BremenGermany
4
21
FFound not guilty by reason of insanity
One more died trying to escape
42.Liu Hongwen, 28
(刘洪文)		 Sep. 302004Linwu CountyChina
4
12
 MFound not guilty by reason of insanity[14]
43.De Gelder, Kim, 20 Jan. 16/232009Vrasene and Sint-Gillis-bij-DendermondeBelgium
4
12
 MSentenced to life imprisonment
44.Houston, Eric Christopher, 20 May 11992Olivehurst, CaliforniaU.S.
4
10
FSentenced to death
45.Unknown, 17[n 1] Jan. 222016La Loche, SaskatchewanCanada
4
7
FSentenced to life imprisonment
46.Fang Jiantang, 26
(方建堂)		 Aug. 32010ZiboChina
3–5
6–20
 MSentenced to death and executed[15]
47.Wu Yechang, 25
(吴业昌)		 Sep. 212012Pingnan CountyChina
3
13
 MArrested[16]
48.Barbaro, Anthony F., 17 Dec. 301974Olean, New YorkU.S.
3
11
F ECommitted suicide while awaiting trial
49.Lawrynowicz, Stanislaw, 22
Obrapalski, Janusz, 21		 May 61925WilnoPoland
3
9
F EBoth committed suicide
50.Unknown, 21 Nov. 131971Guatemala CityGuatemala
2
15
 MArrested[17]
51.Lu Xiaoxi, 25
(吕晓喜)		 Aug. 251998JiudianChina
2
15
 MSentenced to death[18]
52.Parker, Gabe, 15 (suspect) Jan. 232018Draffenville, KentuckyU.S.
2
14
FArrested
53.Kausler, Robert, 27 Dec. 211972ErlangenGermany (West)
2
13
F APerished in the fire[19]
54.Slobodian, Michael Peter, 16 May 281975Brampton, OntarioCanada
2
13
FCommitted suicide
55.Williams, Charles Andrew, 15 March 52001Santee, CaliforniaU.S.
2
13
FSentenced to 50 years to life imprisonment
56.Mitchell, Tyrone, 28 Feb. 241984Los Angeles, CaliforniaU.S.
2
12
FCommitted suicide[20]

Abbreviations and footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 At least one of the victims was a relative of the assailant.

The W-column gives a basic description of the weapons used in the murders

F – Firearms and other ranged weapons, especially rifles and handguns, but also bows and crossbows, grenade launchers, flamethrowers, or slingshot
M – Melee weapons, like knives, swords, spears, machetes, axes, clubs, rods, rocks, or bare hands
O – Any other weapons, such as bombs, hand grenades, Molotov cocktails, poison and poisonous gas, as well as vehicle and arson attacks
A – indicates that an arson attack was the only other weapon used
V – indicates that a vehicle was the only other weapon used
E – indicates that explosives of any sort were the only other weapon used
P – indicates that an anaesthetising or deadly substance of any kind was the only other weapon used (includes poisonous gas)

References

  1. ↑ Seeger, Thorsten (ed.) School Shootings: International Research, Case Studies, and Concepts for Prevention; Springer, 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.handsoffcain.info/notizia/china-executes-man-who-killed-9-students-in-school-stabbing-40310658/
  3. ↑ Man held over China school deaths, BBC (November 26, 2002)
    – Neunfacher Kindermörder hingerichtet, Spiegel Online (January 20, 2005)
  4. ↑ Man stabs, kills 8 children at Chinese school, Associated Press (March 23, 2010)
    – Man stabs, kills 8 children outside school in China, Los Angeles Times (March 23, 2010)
    – Man kills eight children at east China school, suspect arrested, Xinhua (March 23, 2010)
    – 福建一小学突发惨剧，一男子持刀行凶致小学生8死5伤, sina.com.cn (March 24, 2010)
  5. ↑ Un directeur d'école tue 7 de ses élèves, L'Impartial (March 27, 1973)
    – Knife-wielding principal kills 7 Burmese pupils, wounds 5 others, The Dover Times-Reporter (March 26, 1975)
  6. ↑ Children stabbed, The Straits Times (April 7, 1996)
    – Fusillade dans une école en Allemagne : 16 morts, dont le tireur, Ouest-France (March 11, 2009)
    – Quadro dos piores massacres nos últimos 15 anos Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine., abril.com (March 11, 2009)
    – 1989年至2000年大事记, news.eyizhang.com (2012-10-28)
  7. ↑ Yemen Executes Killer of Six, The Washington Post (April 6, 1997)
  8. ↑ Berserk Youth Kills 6 at Hostel, Los Angeles Times (December 27, 1974)
    – Student runs amok, kills six, Cedar Rapids Gazette (December 27, 1974)
  9. ↑ (Page 188-190)
  10. ↑ Police arrest cadet suspected of shooting dead six at military training college, Interfax (March 9, 1997)
    – Курсант расстрелял восемь сослуживцев, Kommersant (March 9, 1997)
    – За что расстреляли шестерых курсантов? Archived 2012-03-15 at the Wayback Machine., rodgor.ru (April 22, 2009)
  11. ↑ Mideast Turmoil: The Scene; Arab Child Of Uprising Grew Up Into Gunman, The New York Times (March 9, 2002)
    – In Growing Numbers, Palestinian Boys Are Choosing the Brief Life of a 'Martyr', Los Angeles Times (June 10, 2002)
    – Terrorist kills five in Atzmona. Hamas claims midnight Gaza attack Archived 2011-08-16 at the Wayback Machine., Jerusalem Post (March 8, 2002)
  12. ↑ 19 Jahre nach Schul-Amoklauf Archived 2013-02-12 at Archive.is, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (April 30, 2002)
    – West German police describe Czech gunman as smart and loner, Philadelphia Inquirer (June 6, 1983)
  13. ↑ Oregon families trying to make sense of killing, Rome News-Tribune (May 22, 1998)
    – A difficult first day back, Charlotte Observer (May 27, 1998)
    – Wjo is Kip Kinkel?: Timeline, Frontline (June 24, 2007)
  14. ↑ 湖南小学老师校园内行凶 砍死4学童砍伤16师生, Xinhua (October 7, 2004)
    – Teacher killing 4 students declared schizophrenic, China Daily (November 11, 2004)
    – Four killed in teacher's meat cleaver attack, Independenz Online (October 7, 2004)
  15. ↑ Four dead in China kindergarten attack, CNN (August 4, 2010)
    – China school attack kills at least three children, BBC News (August 4, 2010)
    – 4 Believed Dead in China School Attack, The New York Times (August 4, 2010)
    – At least three dead in knife attack on China school, AFP (August 4, 2010)
    – Man detained after three die in E China kindergarten attack, Xinhua (August 4, 2010)
    – 山东淄博杀童血案凶手被捕 嫌犯是律师, The Epoch Times (August 6, 2010)
    – 山東幼兒園血案 律師：兇手非律師 Archived 2010-08-15 at the Wayback Machine., The Epoch Times (August 11, 2010)
    – In China, school attacks expose divides, The Hindu (September 26, 2010)
  16. ↑ 3 children killed in nursery rampage, People's Daily (September 22, 2012)
    – Suicide-attempting child killer blames frustration for attack, China Daily (September 22, 2012)
    – 广西平南县"9.21"故意杀人案 致3人死亡13人受伤, Sohu (September 22, 2012)
  17. ↑ Student amok kills two, The Straits Times (November 15, 1971)
    – Machete slayings, Des Moines Register (November 15, 1971)
  18. ↑ Ex-soldier runs amok in school Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine., The Standard (October 5, 1998)
    – Chinese ex-soldier slashes 23 in school rampage, Reuters (October 4, 1998)
    – 教师持刀杀学生案, edulawonline.com
    – 优秀教师血洗校园, 66163.com
  19. ↑ Five die as jilted students runs amuck in Bavaria, The Times (December 22, 1972)
    – Student lief amok, Hamburger Abendblatt (December 21, 1972)
    – Verschmähte Liebe kostete drei jungen Menschen das Leben, Hamburger Abendblatt (December 22, 1972)
  20. ↑ Jonestown specter haunted sniper, Mohave Daily Miner (February 26, 1984)
    – Mystery sniper sprays LA schoolyard, The Courier (February 26, 1984)
    – Sniper kills 1, wounds 12 at L.A. school playground, St. Petersburg Times (February 25, 1984)
    – School sniper victim dies, Oxnard Press-Courier (April 15, 1984)
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