List of rampage killers (religious, political, or ethnic crimes)

This section of the list of rampage killers contains mass murders, committed by lone wolf perpetrators, that have a foremost religious, political or racial background.

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(s) are not counted among those killed or injured.

All abbreviations used in the table are explained below.

For incidents in Asia, see List of rampage killers (religious, political, or ethnic crimes in Asia).

Rampage killers
Perpetrator Date Year Location Country Killed Injured W Additional notes Ref.
1.Unknown December 41977Tanjung Kupang Malaysia
99
0
F VDied in the crash
2.Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, Mohamed Salmene, 31
(محمد سلمان الحويج بوهلال)		 July 142016Nice France
86
458
F VKilled by police
3.Breivik, Anders Behring, 32 July 222011Oslo & Utøya Norway
75
241
F ESentenced to 21 years in prison
Two more died trying to escape
4.Tarrant, Brenton Harrison, 28 March 152019Christchurch New Zealand
51
49
FPleaded guilty
5.Mateen, Omar Mir Seddique, 29 June 122016Orlando, Florida United States
49
53
FKilled by police
6.Yacoubi, Seifeddine Rezgui, 22
(سيف الدين رزقي اليعقوبي)		 June 262015Sousse Tunisia
38
39
F EKilled by police
7.Morral Roca, Mateu, 25May 31/June 21906Madrid Spain
30
100+
F ECommitted suicide
8.Two unknown menAugust 242010Mogadishu Somalia
30
5+
F EBoth committed suicide
9.Crusius, Patrick Wood, 21 (suspect)Aug 32019El Paso, Texas United States
23
23
FArrested
One of the injured died in 2020; attributed to this event
10.Abbas al-Baqir Abbas, 33
(عباس الباقر عباس)		 Dec. 82000Jarafa Sudan
22
31
FKilled by police
11.Two unknown men November 202015Bamako Mali
20
7–9
F EBoth killed by soldiers
12.Fieschi, Giuseppe Marco, 44 July 281835Paris France
18
22
FSentenced to death and executed
Also killed a horse
13.Farook, Syed Rizwan, 28
Malik, Tashfeen, 29		 Dec. 22015San Bernardino, California United States
14
24
FBoth killed by police
14.Lardanchet, Jean-Pierre, 36
Friedli, André, 39		Dec. 15/161995Vercors France
14
0
FMOBoth committed suicide
15.Amri, Anis Ben Othman, 24
(أنيس العامري)		 Dec. 19/232016Berlin
Milan		 Germany
Italy
12
57
FMVKilled by police
16.Kouachi, Saïd, 34
Kouachi, Chérif, 32		 January 72015Paris France
12
11
FBoth killed by police
17.Unknown Dec. 292017Cairo Egypt
11
10
FArrested
Suspected of other attacks
18.Bowers, Robert Gregory, 46 (suspect)Oct 272018Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States
11
6
FArrested
19.Rathjen, Tobias, 43 Feb. 192020Hanau Germany
10
5
FCommitted suicide
Killed an unborn child
20.Essex, Mark James Robert, 23 Dec. 31 /
January 7		1972
1973		New Orleans, Louisiana United States
9
13
F AKilled by police
21.Sonboly, David, 18 July 222016Munich Germany
9
4
FCommitted suicide
22.Roof, Dylann Storm, 21 June 172015Charleston, South Carolina United States
9
1
FSentenced to death
23.Unknown July 111988Cruise ship City of Poros Greece
8
98
F ECommitted suicide
24.Strydom, Barend Hendrik, 23 November 8/151988De Deur & Pretoria South Africa
8
16
FSentenced to death plus 30 years[2]
25.Suleiman Mohammed Abdul-Hamid Khater, 24
(سليمان خاطر)		 Oct. 51985Ras Burqa Egypt
8
4
FSentenced to life imprisonment[3]
26.García Antonio, Germán[n 1] May 21985Guadalupe la Mexicana Mexico
8
1
FCommitted suicide[4]
27.Unknown[n 2]1924Drew, Mississippi United States
7–8
?
FUnsolved[5]
28.Merah, Mohammed, 23
(محمد مراح)		 March 11–222012Toulouse & Montauban France
7
6
FKilled by police
29.Smith, Roland James, 51 Dec 81995New York City, New York United States
7
4
F ACommitted suicide
30.Charles, Robert, 35 July 23–271900New Orleans United States
6
20+
FKilled by angry mob or killed by police
31.Ferguson, Colin, 35 Dec 71993Garden City, New York United States
6
19
FSentenced to 315 years and 8 months to life imprisonment
32.Bissonnette, Alexandre, 27 January 292017Quebec City, Quebec Canada
6
19
FSentenced to life imprisonment
33.Two unknown men Dec. 141998Peć Yugoslavia
6
15
FUnsolved
34.Two unknown men June 181994Loughinisland, Northern Ireland United Kingdom
6
5
FUnsolved
35.Page, Wade Michael, 40 August 52012Oak Creek, Wisconsin United States
6
4
FCommitted suicide
One of the injured died in 2020; attributed to this event		[6]
36.Two unknown men July 21976Antrim, Northern Ireland United Kingdom
6
3
FUnsolved
37.Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar Anzorovich, 19
Tsarnaev, Tamerlan Anzorovich, 26		April 15–192013Boston, Cambridge, &
Watertown, Massachusetts		 United States
5
280
FMEDzhokhar sentenced to death
Tamerlan killed by police and run over by Dzhokhar
Possibly involved in the 2011 Waltham triple murder
38.Shafik al-Arid, 22
Talal Khantourah, 21		 August 51973Athens Greece
5
55
F EPleaded guilty[7]
39.Masood, Khalid, 52 March 222017London, England United Kingdom
5
49
 MVKilled by police
40.Coulibaly, Amedy, 32 January 7–92015Montrouge & Porte de Vincennes France
5
11
FKilled by police
41.Johnson, Micah Xavier, 25 July 72016Dallas, Texas United States
5
11
FKilled by police
42.Chekatt, Chérif, 29Dec. 112018Strasbourg France
5
11
FMKilled by police
43.Two unknown men February 51992Belfast, Northern Ireland United Kingdom
5
9
FUnsolved
44.Elosegi, José Javier Zabaleta
Irujo, Juan María Tapia		 November 31980Zarautz Spain
5
5
FElosegi sentenced to 200 years in prison
Irujo sentenced to 66 years in prison
45.Lakdim, Redouane, 25March 232018Carcassonne & Trèbes France
4
15
FMKilled by police
46.Nel, Johan, 18 January 142008Skierlik South Africa
4
8
FSentenced to life imprisonment
Also killed one ostrich		[8]
47.Mullah Abdullah, 60
Gool, Badsha Mahommed, 40		 January 11915Broken Hill, New South Wales Australia
4
7
FBoth killed by police[9]
48.French, Kenneth Junior, 22[n 2] Aug 61993Fayetteville United States
4
7
FSentenced to life imprisonment[10]
49.Stone, Michael, 32 March 161988Belfast, Northern Ireland United Kingdom
3
60+
F ESentenced to 682 years in prison
50.Legan, Santino William, 19 July 282019Gilroy United States
3
17
FCommitted suicide
51.Lambright, Donald Martin, 30 April 51969Harrisburg United States
3
15
FCommitted suicide[11]
52.Lortie, Denis, 25 May 81984Quebec City, Quebec Canada
3
13
FSentenced to life imprisonment
53.Dear, Robert Lewis, 57 November 272015Colorado Springs, Colorado United States
3
9
FFound mentally unfit to stand trial
54.Marwen Hasan, 25
Hesham Mohammed Rajeh, 21		 August 291981Vienna Austria
2
30
F EBoth sentenced to life imprisonment
Rajeh killed a man on May 1, 1981
55.Princip, Gavrilo, 19
Čabrinović, Nedeljko, 19		June 281914Sarajevo Austria-Hungary
2
16
F EBoth sentenced to 20 years in prison
56.Two unknown menAugust 51980Lyon France
2
11
F
57.Two unknown men November 31997Wad Madani Sudan
2
10
 MArrested[12]
58.Smith, Benjamin Nathaniel, 21 July 2–41999Chicago, Skokie & Decatur, Illinois
Bloomington, Indiana		 United States
2
10
FCommitted suicide

Abbreviations and footnotes
  1. At least one of the victims was a relative of the assailant.
  2. Assailant was a member of the military, police, or a comparable force at the time of the rampage.

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 slingshots
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. White Supremacist Sentenced to Death By a Pretoria Court, The New York Times (May 26, 1989)
  3. Tessler, Mark A.: A History of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Indiana University Press, 1994. ISBN 0-253-20873-4 (p. 661)
  4. Fanático religioso, asesino, se mató cuando mantenía 13 rehenes El Informador (May 4, 1985)
    – Latinamerica press, Vol. 17; Lima, 1985.
    – Marroquín, Enrique: El conflicto religioso Oaxaca, 1976–1992; Oaxaca, 2007. ISBN 978-970-32-4017-3
  5. Umoja, Akinyele Omowale (2003), We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement, New York University Press, ISBN 9780814725245
  6. Neil Vigdor (5 March 2020). "Priest Paralyzed in Mass Shooting at Sikh Temple in 2012 Dies from Injuries". New York Times. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  7. Staff writers (24 January 1974). "2 Arabs Face Athens Court, Plead Guilty". Eugene Register-Guard. United Press International. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  8. White man's shooting spree in black settlement ignites racial tensions, International Herald Tribune (January 24, 2008)
    – Johan Nel must now face the music, Sowetan (November 19, 2008)
    – White teenage racist admits South Africa killing spree, The Daily Telegraph (November 17, 2008)
    – Rot in jail! – Skierlik shooter is sentenced Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine, Sowetan (November 21, 2008)
  9. Dreadful affair at Broken Hill, The Advertiser (January 2, 1915)
    – Outlawry – Train attacked by Turks, The Sydney Morning Herald (January 2, 1915)
    – Wild scenes at Broken Hill, The Sydney Morning Herald (January 4, 1915)
    – Broken Hill Outrage, The Age (January 6, 1915)
    – Barrier Shooting – Inquest on Victims, The Sydney Morning Herald (January 8, 1915)
  10. Heavily armed man kills 4, injures 7 in restaurant, Toledo Blade (August 8, 1993)
    – 'Mama, I don't know why', The Lexington Dispatch (August 9, 1993)
    – Restaurant killings stun cops, The Mount Airy News (August 9, 1993)
    – Friends say accused killer troubled, The Hendersonville Times-News (August 16, 1993)
    – French to plead for his life, Wilmington Morning Star (April 8, 1994)
    – Man sentenced to life in prison for four murders, Spartanburg Herald-Journal (April 16, 1994)
  11. Angry Young Man, The New York Times (April 6, 1969)
    – Pike killer felt violence only racial answer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (April 7, 1969)
    – Pike killer not on drugs, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (April 10, 1969)
  12. Sudan Mosque Attack, BBC News (November 3, 1997)
    – Muslim radicals attack mosque in Wad Madani; two dead, 10 injured, AFP (November 3, 1997)
    – "Extremist" Muslim sect members attack worshippers, kill two, Suna news agency (November 4, 1997)
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