List of rampage killers (familicides in Oceania and Maritime Southeast Asia)

This section of the list of rampage killers contains those cases where at least half of the victims were relatives of the perpetrator or the perpetrator's spouse. Cases with more than one offender are not included.

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
  • 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.Andangan* 21 Oct1921CotabatoPhilippines
11
0
 MCommitted suicide[2]
2.Bartholomew, Clifford Cecil, 40* 6 Sep1971Hope Forest, South AustraliaAustralia
10
0
FSentenced to 20 years in prison[3]
3.Gaeta, Gregorio, 27 Oct.1952Sariaya, QuezonPhilippines
8
1
Arrested[4]
4.Thaiday, Raina Mersane Ina, 34 18–19 Dec.2014Cairns, QueenslandAustralia
8
0
 MFound mentally unfit to stand trial
5.Ratima, Raymond Wahia, 25 26 June1992MastertonNew Zealand
7
2
 MSentenced to life imprisonment
Killed an unborn child		[5]
6.Ngah Ghafur 14 Dec1898BotaMalaysia
7
1
 MASentenced to death and executed[6]
7.Langobon, Jerry, 30* 18 Jan2002SiayanPhilippines
7
1
 MArrested[7]
8.Pagkay, Gardo, 25* 22 July1968Cotabato CityPhilippines
7
0
 MCommitted suicide[8]
9.Imam Mamat, 40 11/13 Feb.1891Pasir GaramMalaysia
6
4
 MKilled
Killed two unborn children		[9]
10.Yang Tai Chong, 21* 6/7 March1966Singapore
6
4
 MFound not guilty by reason of insanity[10]
11.Ong Kok, 34* 11 Sep1930TampinesSingapore
6
2
 MCommitted suicide[11]
12.Angeles, Vicente, 31* 19 May1957ManilaPhilippines
6
1
FCommitted suicide[12]
13.Thyer, Joseph, 44* 11 Oct1896Cavanagh, South AustraliaAustralia
6
0
 MCommitted suicide[13]
14.Glover, Catherine Mary, 34* 1 March1898Triabunna, TasmaniaAustralia
6
0
 MCommitted suicide[14]
15.Baxter, James Reid, 43* 8 April1908InvercargillNew Zealand
6
0
 MCommitted suicide[15]
16.Archer, Andrew Thomas Edgar, 49* 26 Feb1929Don, TasmaniaAustralia
6
0
 MACommitted suicide[16]
17.Davies, Roderick A., 36* 21 Aug1931Perth, Western AustraliaAustralia
6
0
FCommitted suicide[17]
18.Hall, Frederick Charles, 48* 2 July1948Glen Innes, New South WalesAustralia
6
0
FSentenced to death[18]
19.Armanasco, Raymond, 40* 12 Oct1950Perth, Western AustraliaAustralia
6
0
 MSentenced to death[19]
20.Darnley, Herbert George* 5/6 May1964SydneyAustralia
6
0
 PCommitted suicide[20]
21.Unknown, 30* 24 Dec1966Santa CruzPhilippines
6
0
 MArrested[21]
22.Schlaepfer, Brian, 64* 20 May1992PukekoheNew Zealand
6
0
FMCommitted suicide[22]
23.Ram Chandar, 34* 8 Jan1994TogomasiFiji
6
0
 MSentenced to 120 years in prison[23]
24.May, Peter, 32* 25 Jan1996Hillcrest, QueenslandAustralia
6
0
FCommitted suicide[24]
25.Rivas Roldan, Errol, 27* 25 Feb2012BulwangPhilippines
6
0
 MArrested[25]
26.Catoy, Pepito, 32* 8 April2012PanampalayPhilippines
6
0
 MArrested[26]
27.Miles, Peter, 61* 11 May2018Osmington, Western AustraliaAustralia
6
0
FCommitted suicide[27]

Abbreviations and footnotes

* – Marks cases where all the victims were relatives of the perpetrator

W – 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 slingshots
M – Melee weapons, like knives, swords, spears, machetes, axes, clubs, rods, stones, 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. Moro Runs Amuck With Bolo Among Members of His Family, The Washington Post (22 October 1921)
    – Runs wild, kills 11 before taking own life, The Lewiston Daily Sun (22 October 1921)
    – Moro goes mad; kills off entire family, The Morning Leader (27 October 1921)
    – Runs amuck; twelve killed, The Van Wert Daily Bulletin (22 October 1921)
    – Moro kills family of 11, ends own life, Syracuse Herald (23 October 1921)
  3. 40-year-old meatworks employee Clifford C. Bartholomew shot his wife Heather, their seven children, as well as his wife's sister and her son with a .22-caliber rifle in their dairy farm at Hope Forest, about 35 miles south of Adelaide.
    Source: Father held in butchery: 10 murdered, Press-Telegram (7 September 1971)
    – The Snowtown Murders – A Familiar Horror
    – Father charged after 10 killed, The Age (7 September 1971)
  4. Waanzinnige doodt acht familieleden, Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (31 October 1952)
    – Aux Philippines un fou massacre sa famille Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Journal de Genève (31 October 1952)
  5. Raymond Wahia Ratima at crime.co.nz
    – Brinded, Philip & Taylor, Antony: A mass killing in New Zealand in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 1995, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp 316–320
  6. Amok in Perak, The Straits Times (27 December 1898)
    – Short News,The Straits Times (31 December 1898)
    – Short News, The Straits Times (4 April 1899)
    – Fifty Years Ago – From the Straits Times of Jan. 7, 1899, The Straits Times (7 January 1949)
  7. Man hacks dead wife, 3 children, Philippine Daily Inquirer (23 January 2002)
    – Family of 7 massacred, Manila Standard (23 January 2002)
    – Farmer hacks seven relatives to death, The Straits Times (23 January 2002)
  8. Kills family, self, The Milwaukee Sentinel (23 July 1968)
    – Slays family and self, Lodi News Sentinel (24 July 1968)
    – Philippijnse boer maakte amok, Zierikzeesche Nieuwsbode (23 July 1968)
    – Un fou tue 7 personnes et se suicide, L'Impartial (23 July 1968)
  9. Kua, E. H. & Sulaimi Mohd S.: Amok – From the Writings of Sir Frank Swettenham; Singapore Medical Journal (Vol. 40/1999)
    – AMOK! AMOK!, The Straits Times (5 July 1927)
    – Part IV, Straits Times Weekly Issue (12 September 1893)
  10. Son No. 1 charged with murder of six in family, The Straits Times (8 March 1966)
    – Tragic children are buried, The Straits Times (9 March 1966)
    – Charged with murder of his family, The Straits Times (15 October 1975)
    – Man accused of killing parents and four others goes on trial after 10 years in hospital, The Straits Times (6 April 1976)
    – Man who killed six was insane, rules court, The Straits Times (7 April 1976)
  11. Ghastly Tragedy at Tampenis, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (13 September 1930)
    – The Tampenis Road Tragedy, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (16 September 1930)
    – Terrible crime in Singapore, The Straits Times (12 September 1930)
    – Tampenis Road Tragedy, The Straits Times (26 September 1930)
    – Murder and suicide, The Straits Times (29 September 1930)
  12. Amok slays six, The Straits Times (21 May 1957)
  13. A terrible tragedy – A sheep farmer murders his wife and five children, The West Australian (14 October 1896)
    – The Brisbane Courier – Thursday, October 13, 1896, The Brisbane Courier (13 October 1896)
    – A dreadful tragedy – Murder of a wife and five children, The Brisbane Courier (15 October 1896)
  14. A Terrible Tragedy – A mother murders six children, The West Australian (3 March 1898)
    – The Tasmanian Tragedy – Later Particulars, The West Australian (4 March 1898)
    – The Tasmanian Tragedy – Results of Inquests, The West Australian (5 March 1898)
    – The Tasmanian Tragedy – Three Bodies Exhumed, The West Australian (15 March 1898)
    – The Triabunna Tragedy- A Municipal Inquiry, The West Australian (6 April 1898)
  15. Ghastly Tragedy – Madman attacks his family, The Argus (9 April 1908)
    – Tragedy at Invercargill, Tuapeka Times (11 April 1908)
    – Terrible Tragedy – The Invercargill Sensation, Evening Post (9 April 1908)
    – Invercargill Tragedy – Murderer's Insanity, Hawera & Normanby Star (14 April 1908)
    – Local & General – Phyllis Baxter, Tuapeka Times (25 April 1908)
    – The Invercargill Tragedy – Baxter's Will, Evening Post (12 June 1908)
  16. Family perish in fire – Murder arson, and suicide, The Canberra Times (27 February 1929)
    – Father's crime, The Brisbane Courier (20 March 1929)
  17. Family tragedy, The Sydney Morning Herald (22 August 1931)
  18. Demented father shoots 6 children, The Canberra Times (3 July 1948)
    – Killer of 6 convicted, The Sydney Morning Herald (1 September 1948)
  19. Mother and five children are slain, Toledo Blade (13 October 1950)
    – Woman, five children murdered in W.A.: Man questioned, The Canberra Times (14 October 1950)
    – Man charged with murder of family, The Canberra Times (16 October 1950)
    – Death sentence for murderer of son, The Advertiser (20 December 1950)
    – Armanasco appeal – "Conjecture" about mental condition, The West Australian (2 March 1951)
    – Armanasco refused leave to appeal, The West Australian (22 March 1951)
  20. Gas kills family of seven, The Sydney Morning Herald (8 May 1964)
    – Most fascinating crimes, The Sydney Morning Herald (13 February 1965)
    – Gas kills seven, note found, The Age (7 May 1964)
  21. Farmer kills six, The Leader-Post (30 December 1966)
  22. The Schlaepfer Family Massacre at crime.co.nz
    – New Zealand man kills 6, then himself, Spokane Chronicle (20 May 1992)
    – Day of slaughter on family farm, The New Zealand Herald (19 May 2007)
  23. Six life terms, The Straits Times (2 May 1995)
    – All those painful memories, Fiji Times (7 September 2008)
  24. Brits in horror, Sunday Mail (28 January 1996)
  25. Deranged man kills 5 relatives in Aklan, ABS-CBN (25 February 2012)
    – Mentally deranged man kills 5 in Aklan, Philippine Daily Inquirer (25 February 2012)
    – Amok kills 5 in Aklan Archived 19 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, tempo.com.ph (26 February 2012)
    – Lone survivor sa Aklan massacre, pumanaw na Archived 7 April 2013 at Archive.today, Bombo Radyo Philippines (15 March 2012)
    – Mentally-ill man burns own house Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, iloilonewstoday.com (14 September 2011)
    – Massacre in Aklan Archived 31 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine, iloilonewstoday.com (27 February 2012)
    – Lone survivor in Aklan massacre passes away Archived 31 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine, iloilonewstoday.com (16 March 2012)
  26. Man kills wife, 5 kids Archived 8 July 2012 at Archive.today, ABS-CBN (12 April 2012)
    – Mentally ill man kills wife, 5 children, Sun.Star (10 April 2012)
    – Zamboanga man kills wife, 5 children Archived 31 January 2013 at Archive.today, The Philippine Star (11 April 2012)
  27. Father of children killed in Australia mass shooting says their grandfather planned the attack, Washington Post (13 May 2018)
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