List of rampage killers (other incidents in Europe)

This section of the list of rampage killers (other incidents) contains those cases that occurred in Europe.

This section of the list of rampage killers contains mass murders by single perpetrators that do not fit into the upper categories, arson fires, poisonings, bombings, deliberate airliner crashs and train derailments caused by sabotage. 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
  • 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.

Rampage killers
Name Date Year Location Country Killed Injured W Additional notes Ref.
1.Lubitz, Andreas Günter, 27 March 242015Prads-Haute-BléoneFrance
149
0
 VPilot; Died in the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525, which he caused
2.Keith, Alexander, 48 Dec. 111875BremerhavenGerman Reich
81–83
200
 ECommitted suicide
3.Rzayev, Genghis Yunus-oglu, 32
(Рзаев, Чингис Юнус-оглы)		May 181973Chita OblastSoviet Union
80
0
 ECommitted suicide
4.Unknown Oct. 121967Mediterranean Sea
66
0
 EUnsolved
5.Alekseychik, Sergei Alexandrovich, 27
(Алексейчик, Сергей Александрович)		March 162004ArkhangelskRussia
58
17
 ESentenced to 25 years in prison
6.Dzhebirkhanova, SatsitaAug. 242004Rostov OblastRussia
46
0
 ECommitted suicide
7.Nagayeva, AmantaAug. 242004Tula OblastRussia
44
0
 ECommitted suicide
8.Hansen, Erik Solbakke, 24 Sep. 11973CopenhagenDenmark
35
17
 AFound not guilty by reason of insanity
Killed three other people		[2]
9.Unknown April 221980Saint-Jean-de-LosneFrance
32
6–9
 AUnsolved[3]
10.Unknown Jan. 261972Srbská KameniceCzechoslovakia
27
1
 EUnsolved
11.Unknown Oct. 101971Soviet Union
25
0
 EUnsolved
12.Unknown May 251982Aire-sur-l'AdourFrance
24
?
 AUnsolved[4]
13.Abedi, Salman Ramadan, 22 May 222017ManchesterU.K.
22
139
 ECommitted suicide
14.Matuska, Szilveszter, 39 Sep. 131931BiatorbágyHungary
22
120+
 ESentenced to death, later changed to life imprisonment, later escaped
15.UnknownAug 262005ParisFrance
17
0
 AUnsolved
16.Jalilov, Akbarzhon, 22 April 32017Saint PetersburgRussia
15
108
 ECommitted suicide
17.Köhler, Gundolf, 21Sept. 261980MunichWest Germany
12
211
 EKilled by the explosion
18.Khalturin, Stepan Nikolayevich, 23
(Халтурин, Степан Николаевич)		 Feb. 171880Saint PetersburgRussian Empire
11
56
 EEscaped
19.Unknown Sep. 151992The HagueNetherlands
11
15
 AArrested
20.Unknown Feb. 52019ParisFrance
10
≥36
 AArrested
21.Volynsky, Peter Kuzmich, 31
(Волынский, Пётр Кузьмич)		June 141971KrasnodarSoviet Union
10
20–90
 EFound not guilty by reason of insanity
22.Lauwers, David, 35 Feb. 261994LondonU.K.
10
13
 ASentenced to life imprisonment
One more died trying to escape		[5]
23.Elser, Johann Georg, 36 Nov. 81938MunichGermany
8
62
 EExecuted without trial
24.Kopytov, Alexander Anatolevich, 27
(Копытов, Александр Анатольевич)		Nov. 92017IzhevskRussia
7
11
 EFound not guilty by reason of insanity
25.Gerdt, Petri Erkki Tapio, 19 Oct. 112002VantaaFinland
6
166
 EKilled by the explosion
26.Antonín BlažekFeb 132013Frenštát pod RadhoštěmCzech Republic
5
11
 ECommitted suicide
27.Kaverin, Sergei, 44
(Сергей Каверин)		Oct. 291999OdessaUkraine
5
5
 APerished in the flames[6]
28.Diab, Hassan, 26 (suspect)
(حسن دياب)		 Oct. 31980ParisFrance
4
46
 EFacing extradition for the 1980 Paris synagogue bombing
29.Ivanyutina, Tamara Antonovna, 45 March 17–181987KievSoviet Union
4
9
 PSentenced to death and executed
Killed five other people from 1976
30.Tyufekchiev, Naum, 50
(Тюфекчиев, Наум)		Feb 141915SofiaKingdom of Bulgaria
4
8
 E
31.UnknownApril1937Eaux VivesSwitzerland
4
7
 EDied in the explosion[7]
32.Copeland, David, 22 April 17/24/301999LondonU.K.
3
140
 ESentenced to 6 concurrent life sentences for the 1999 London nail bombings
Killed an unborn child
33.Unknown, 64 July 272001Viana do CasteloPortugal
3
24
 AArrested[8]

Abbreviations and footnotes

    W – A basic description of the weapons used in the murders

    A – arson
    V – a vehicle
    E – explosives
    P – poison or poisonous gas

    References
    1. Seeger, Thorsten (ed.) School Shootings: International Research, Case Studies, and Concepts for Prevention; Springer, 2012.
    2. Dane on leave from prison charged with arson in fatal hotel blaze, Toledo Blade (September 3, 1973)
      – Copenhagen hotel blaze kills 35, The Palm Beach Post (September 2, 1973)
      – Man held in hotel fire; Florida woman among dead, The Palm Beach Post (September 3, 1973)
      – Danish arsonist committed, The Bend Bulletin (January 18, 1989)
    3. Les incendies les plus meutriers depuis 1970, Nouvel Observateur (September 4, 2005)
      – Fatal fires believed set, The Day (New London) (April 22, 1980)
      – Resident may have set fire that left 22 dead, The Palm Beach Post (April 23, 1980)
      – Toll reaches 24 after fire strikes retirement home, Eugene Register-Guard (April 23, 1980)
    4. Les incendies les plus meutriers depuis 1970, Nouvel Observateur (September 4, 2005)
      – 14 die in psychiatric-center blaze, Toledo Blade (May 26, 1982)
      – Arson probed in school fire, Eugene Register-Guard (May 26, 1982)
      – Die Feuerwehr befürchtet mehr als 20 Todesopfer, Hamburger Abendblatt (May 26, 1982)
      – Schulbrand forderte 21 Tote, Hamburger Abendblatt (May 27, 1982)
    5. Jury told of row which led to 11 deaths in porn club blaze, (March 20, 1995)
    7. O barbeiro sem trabalho provocou a catastrofe, A Federação : Orgam do Partido Republicano (April 6, 1937)
    8. Dois mortos e um ferido grave em incêndio de lar de idosos (actualização), Público (July 25, 2001)
      – Presumível autor do incêndio no lar de Santiago avisou a PSP, Público (July 25, 2001)
      – Lar de Viana do Castelo não tinha sistema de detecção de incêndios, Público (July 25, 2001)
      – Idosos feridos em incêndio transferidos para lar de caridade, Público (July 25, 2001)
      – Incêndio de origem criminosa mata três idosos num lar de Viana, Público (July 26, 2001)
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