This is a list of mass or spree killers in Europe who committed familicide. A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills three or more people in one incident, not including themselves, with no "cooling off" period.[1] [2] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others.[3] [4] [5]
The victims must have been 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.__TOC__
Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional notes | |||
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1. | Menci, Angiolo, 42 | May 11 | 1900 | Italy | FMA | Arrested Killed numerous animals | [6] | ||||
2. | Girerd, Roger, 34* | May 20 | 1965 | France | FM | Committed suicide Killed a dog | [7] | ||||
3. | Brückner, Wilhelm, 31* | June 6/7 | 1925 | Weimar Republic | M | Committed suicide | |||||
4. | Bihl, Christoff* | Aug. 25 | 1580 | Holy Roman Empire | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [8] | ||||
5. | Austin, Thomas* | 1694 | England | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [9] | |||||
6. | Kisselef, Ign.* (Киселёв) | March 15 | 1912 | Russian Empire | M | [10] | |||||
7. | King, Leonard, 40* | Sept. 18 | 1954 | United Kingdom | MP | Committed suicide Also killed a dog | [11] | ||||
8. | Eisenbeiß, Hans, 42 | April 28 | 1606 | Holy Roman Empire | M | Sentenced to death and executed Terminated a pregnancy | [12] | ||||
9. | Elfskifsen, ---, 54* | Aug. 11/12 | 1843 | Sweden | M | Arrested | [13] | ||||
10. | Thode, Timm, 23 | Aug. 7/8 | 1866 | German Confederation | MA | Sentenced to death and executed Also killed a dog and wounded another | [14] | ||||
11. | Diószegi, Flórián | Aug. 21 | 1893 | Austria-Hungary | M | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [15] | ||||
12. | Pablo Gideon* | Dec. | 1915 | German Empire | M | Committed suicide | [16] | ||||
13. | Baysang, Charles* | April 8 | 1922 | France | M | Arrested | [17] | ||||
14. | Estakis, Valla* | Sept. | 1928 | Greece | F | [18] | |||||
15. | Lambrecht, Karl, 52* | June 6 | 1934 | Nazi Germany | Committed suicide | [19] | |||||
16. | Kecinski, Harry, 44* | April 20/21 | 1970 | West Germany | F | Committed suicide | [20] | ||||
17. | Belov, Oleg Petrovich, 51* (Белов, Олег Петрович) | July 27/ Aug. 3 | 2015 | Russia | M | Sentenced to life imprisonment Terminated a pregnancy | |||||
18. | Zykaj, Ritvan, 24 | Aug. 10 | 2018 | Albania | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [21] | ||||
19. | Unknown* | Jan. | 1927 | Soviet Union | M | [22] | |||||
20. | Čedić, Dragan, 31 (Драган Чедић) | July 26/27 | 2002 | Serbia and Montenegro | F | Committed suicide | [23] | ||||
21. | Svoboda, Josef, 43 | Feb. 27/28 | 1967 | Czechoslovakia | M | Committed suicide | |||||
22. | Staridas, Spyros Athanasios, 33 (Σπυρος Αθανάσιος Σταριδας) | June 28 | 1981 | Greece | F | Committed suicide | [24] | ||||
23. | Taylor, Frank* | March 7 | 1895 | United Kingdom | M | Committed suicide | [25] | ||||
24. | Giorgi, Nicola, 50 | July 20 | 1922 | Italy | F | Arrested | [26] | ||||
25. | Endres, Blasius | Aug. 9 | 1585 | Holy Roman Empire | M | Sentenced to death and executed Terminated a pregnancy | [27] | ||||
26. | Unknown* | June 12 | 1597 | Holy Roman Empire | Sentenced to death and executed | [28] | |||||
27. | Mosenheuer, Michel* | Jan. 13 | 1616 | Holy Roman Empire | M | Committed suicide | [29] | ||||
28. | Rosenzweig, Heinrich* | Jan. 2 | 1621 | Holy Roman Empire | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [30] | ||||
29. | Whitworth, William Henry, 39* | May 18 | 1860 | United Kingdom | M | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [31] | ||||
30. | Duggan, Walter James* | June 28 | 1869 | United Kingdom | P | Committed suicide | [32] | ||||
31. | Derby, Samuel Hill, 35* | Feb. | 1888 | United Kingdom | P | Committed suicide | [33] | ||||
32. | Bienert, Ernst Julius* | Dec. 14/15 | 1903 | Meißen | German Empire | P | Attempted suicide | [34] | |||
33. | Boronkoff, Ivan* | March 17 | 1904 | Kotjoff | Russian Empire | M | Committed suicide | [35] | |||
34. | Szczuka, ---* | Feb. 9 | 1910 | Zarizyn | Russian Empire | M | Arrested | [36] | |||
35. | Bratz, Alfred, 50* | Jan. 9 | 1914 | German Empire | FMP | Committed suicide Also killed a dog | [37] | ||||
36. | Schützenhöfer, Anna, 43* | Nov. 30 | 1915 | Austria-Hungary | M | Committed suicide | [38] | ||||
37. | Cavel, Johann | July 31 | 1928 | Hungary | F | Committed suicide | [39] | ||||
38. | Larssen, Øyvind, 21* | March 30 | 1932 | Norway | MA | Arrested | [40] | ||||
39. | Giebel, Friedrich, 38* | Oct. 19/20 | 1940 | Nazi Germany | M | Committed suicide | [41] | ||||
40. | Hansen, Peter Christian, 36* | April 14 | 1949 | Denmark | M | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [42] | ||||
41. | Capek, Franz, 41* | Oct. 7 | 1956 | Austria | M | Committed suicide | [43] | ||||
42. | Antonello, Mauro, 40 | Oct. 15 | 2002 | Italy | F | Committed suicide | [44] | ||||
43. | Asadullin, Khubulla Abdullovich, 54 (Асадуллин, Хубулла Абдуллович) | Aug. 18 | 2005 | Russia | MA | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [45] | ||||
44. | Rösthell, Jörg* | April 11 | 1599 | Holy Roman Empire | [46] | ||||||
45. | Unknown* | June | 1927 | Poland | F | [47] | |||||
46. | Schurr, Adrian, 26 | Jan. 24 | 2020 | Germany | F | Sentenced to 15 years in prison | |||||
47. | Rundström, Anders | Nov. 5 | 1833 | Russian Empire | M | Attempted suicide | [48] | ||||
48. | Heikkilä, Kalle Juho, 37* | April 5 | 1905 | Russian Empire | FM | Arrested | [49] | ||||
49. | Wilsdorf, Edmund Hermann* | March 9/10 | 1907 | German Empire | F | Committed suicide | [50] | ||||
50. | Karapetiez, --- | March 31 | 1907 | Russian Empire | M | Committed suicide | [51] | ||||
51. | Konieczny, Czeslaw, 25* | Dec. 1/2 | 1929 | Poland | M | Arrested | [52] | ||||
52. | Haroutunian, Joanes, 43* | Jan. 31 | 1930 | France | F | Committed suicide | [53] | ||||
53. | Schimansky, Franz, 41* | April 3 | 1930 | Weimar Republic | M | Arrested | [54] | ||||
54. | Tymkow, Wasyl, 30 | Feb. 10 | 1937 | Poland | F | Attempted suicide | [55] | ||||
55. | Barboux, Roger, 33 | Oct. 19 | 1954 | France | FMA | Committed suicide | [56] | ||||
56. | Kaya, Hakan, 24* | Dec. 22 | 2000 | Germany | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment Terminated a pregnancy | [57] | ||||
57. | Petrović, Tomislav, 45 | May 29 | 2008 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | F | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [58] | ||||
58. | Šefer, Rade, 55* (Раде Шефер) | May 17 | 2015 | Serbia | F | Killed | [59] | ||||
59. | Unknown* | 1614 | Spain | Sentenced to death and executed | [60] | ||||||
60. | Rüsau, Johann Georg, * | Aug. 15 | 1803 | Holy Roman Empire | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [61] | ||||
61. | Moog, Johann Gottlieb* | Aug. 21 | 1817 | German Confederation | M | Committed suicide Terminated a pregnancy | [62] | ||||
62. | Holzwart, Christian* | Dec. 28/29 | 1845 | German Confederation | MA | Sentenced to death | [63] | ||||
63. | Brough, Mary Ann, 43* | June 10 | 1854 | United Kingdom | M | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [64] | ||||
64. | Unknown* | 1856 | Italy | M | Committed suicide | [65] | |||||
65. | Rodewald, Eduard, * | Jan. 8 | 1862 | Austria-Hungary | M | Sentenced to death | [66] | ||||
66. | Errigo, Giuseppe* | June | 1870 | Italy | FM | Committed suicide | [67] | ||||
67. | Ruchalski, ---* | June 17/18 | 1875 | German Empire | M | Committed suicide | [68] | ||||
68. | Nill, Bernhard, 34* | May 10 | 1885 | German Empire | MA | [69] | |||||
69. | Muckelmann, Friedrich* | Dec. 23 | 1885 | German Empire | M | Arrested | [70] | ||||
70. | Grosgeorge, Jean-Baptiste, 41* | May 28 | 1889 | France | M | Committed suicide | [71] | ||||
71. | Linke, Wilhelm, 36* | Aug. 30 | 1905 | German Empire | MA | Arrested | [72] | ||||
72. | Head, Peter Robert* | Sept. 22 | 1905 | United Kingdom | M | Committed suicide | [73] | ||||
73. | Glaser, Anton, 30* | April 8/9 | 1907 | German Empire | M | Committed suicide | [74] | ||||
74. | Nielsen, Maren | July | 1907 | Denmark | M | Committed suicide | [75] | ||||
75. | Bouvier, Alexis-Désiré, 37* | Dec. 11 | 1909 | France | FM | Committed suicide | [76] | ||||
76. | Zautze, ---* | Sept. 12 | 1911 | German Empire | M | Committed suicide | [77] | ||||
77. | Dillinger, Heinrich Friedrich Karl* | Feb. 12 | 1912 | German Empire | F | Arrested | [78] | ||||
78. | Kudraszew, ---* | April | 1912 | Lubimow | Russian Empire | Arrested | [79] | ||||
79. | Husak, Franz, 44* | Feb. 4 | 1913 | Austria-Hungary | P | Committed suicide | [80] | ||||
80. | Lengs, ---, 50 | April | 1913 | Russian Empire | F | Arrested | [81] | ||||
81. | Denk, Johann, 49* | April | 1916 | German Empire | F | Committed suicide | [82] | ||||
82. | Hecker, ---* | Jan. 22/23 | 1917 | German Empire | M | Committed suicide | [83] | ||||
83. | Blaschkowski, Johann, 44 | June 17 | 1926 | Weimar Republic | M | Committed suicide | [84] | ||||
84. | Lewandowski, Leon, 21 | Feb. 24 | 1927 | Poland | M | Sentenced to death | [85] | ||||
85. | Hapczuk, Iwan* | June 2/3 | 1927 | Poland | FMA | Sentenced to death | [86] | ||||
86. | Mitroff, ---, 25* | Oct. 27 | 1927 | Chamlievo | Bulgaria | M | Arrested | [87] | |||
87. | Kozaczek, Józef, 20* | Aug. 14 | 1929 | Poland | M | Arrested | [88] | ||||
88. | Müller, ---, 30* | March 1 | 1930 | Weimar Republic | P | Committed suicide | [89] | ||||
89. | Poikonen, Onni Eemil, 36* | Sept. 21 | 1930 | Finland | MA | Perished in the fire | [90] | ||||
90. | Skoruppa, Robert* | May 29 | 1931 | Poland | M | Arrested | [91] | ||||
91. | Delafé, Pierre* | Feb. 9 | 1932 | France | FM | Sentenced to death | [92] | ||||
92. | Meurer, Kurt Wilhelm, 37 | March 24/25 | 1932 | Weimar Republic | F | Committed suicide | [93] | ||||
93. | Studnitz, Anton, 37* | July | 1934 | Poland | P | Committed suicide | [94] | ||||
94. | Monchaux, Alfred, 44* | Oct. 12 | 1934 | France | MA | Committed suicide | [95] | ||||
95. | Tainio, Lauri, 43* | Jan. 27 | 1937 | Finland | F | Committed suicide | [96] | ||||
96. | Ochea, Albundi* | March | 1937 | Romania | M | Committed suicide | [97] | ||||
97. | Schaßberger, Hugo, 37* | Aug. 27 | 1938 | Nazi Germany | MA | Committed suicide | [98] | ||||
98. | Devillechaise, Paul, 41* | March 18 | 1939 | France | FM | Committed suicide while awaiting trial | [99] | ||||
99. | Unknown* | 1943 | Soviet Union | Committed suicide | [100] | ||||||
100. | Damm, Auguste, 43* | April 26 | 1943 | Switzerland | F | Committed suicide | [101] | ||||
101. | Lehtikoski, Ervi Matti, 31* | Aug. 21 | 1944 | Finland | FM | Committed suicide | [102] | ||||
102. | Goebbels, Magda, 43 | May 1 | 1945 | Nazi Germany | P | Committed suicide | |||||
103. | Serval, Jean* | Oct. 11 | 1950 | France | P | Committed suicide | [103] | ||||
104. | Gillette, Léon, 70* | April 15 | 1952 | France | MA | Committed suicide | [104] | ||||
105. | Ruiz Martínez, José Maria, 45* | May 1 | 1962 | Spain | FM | Committed suicide | [105] | ||||
106. | Suni, Uuno Ensio, 36* | Sept. 25 | 1962 | Finland | M | Committed suicide | [106] | ||||
107. | Buschbeck, Kurt-Hermann, 44* | Aug. 4/5 | 1968 | West Germany | MO | Committed suicide | [107] | ||||
108. | Vestergaard, Søren, 49* | Jan. 28 | 1969 | Denmark | FM | Committed suicide | [108] | ||||
109. | Leifeld, Liselotte, 33* | Sept. 23 | 1969 | West Germany | FP | Committed suicide | [109] | ||||
110. | Rodriguez Taboadelo, Nicanor, 48 | Jan. 30 | 1971 | Spain | F | Arrested | [110] | ||||
111. | Pankhurst, Richard Thomas, 30* | June 23 | 1971 | United Kingdom | M | Arrested | [111] | ||||
112. | Sobok, Ryszard, 29 | Feb. 11/12 | 1981 | Poland | M | Sentenced to death and executed Terminated a pregnancy | [112] | ||||
113. | Deraymaeker, Josef, 63* | Feb. 23/24 | 1985 | Belgium | F | Committed suicide | [113] | ||||
114. | Püschner, Karl-Heinz, 36* | Feb. 12 | 1986 | West Germany | MP | Committed suicide | [114] | ||||
115. | Le Van Than, 41* | July 10 | 1994 | France | M | Committed suicide | [115] | ||||
116. | Demule, Guy, 37 | July 19 | 1994 | France | FM | Committed suicide | [116] | ||||
117. | Polevoi, Alexi, 17 | Feb. 27 | 1995 | France | F | Sentenced to eight years in prison | [117] | ||||
118. | Valente, Alfredo, 33* | Nov. 19 | 1996 | Italy | F | Sentenced to 30 years in prison | [118] | ||||
119. | Selamet, Ozan, 42 | Jan. 18 | 2002 | Belgium | FM | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [119] | ||||
120. | McElhill, Arthur, 39* | Nov. 13 | 2007 | United Kingdom | A | Perished in the fire | [120] | ||||
121. | Rzeszowski, Damian, 30 | Aug. 14 | 2011 | Jersey | M | Sentenced to six concurrent 30-year terms | [121] | ||||
122. | Chambers, John* | 1725 | Great Britain | Sentenced to death and executed | [122] | ||||||
123. | Nikolitch, --- | Sept. | 1906 | Gostionitza | Serbia | M | Arrested | [123] | |||
124. | Massetti, Giuseppe* | Oct. 19 | 1913 | Italy | FA | [124] | |||||
125. | Unknown* | 1927 | Soviet Union | M | [125] | ||||||
126. | Unknown | Feb. | 1929 | Poland | [126] | ||||||
127. | Sitko, 21 | Aug. | 1930 | Poland | A | [127] | |||||
128. | Hall, Frederick* | May 31 | 1898 | United Kingdom | M | Committed suicide Terminated a pregnancy | [128] | ||||
129. | Seelenberg, Hermann* | July 13 | 1910 | German Empire | F | Committed suicide | [129] | ||||
130. | Bertling, ---* | June | 1917 | German Empire | F | Attempted suicide | [130] | ||||
131. | Niballi, Antonio, 44* | May | 1893 | Italy | F | Committed suicide | [131] | ||||
132. | Berko | Sept. 23 | 1905 | Austria-Hungary | F | Arrested | [132] | ||||
133. | Gray, Edmond, 52* | Jan. 23 | 1934 | Belgium | M | Committed suicide | [133] | ||||
134. | Rosner, Johann, 23 | Oct. 28/29 | 1875 | Austria-Hungary | MA | Sentenced to death and executed | [134] | ||||
135. | Lomnitzky, Josef* | Dec. | 1930 | Czechoslovakia | P | Committed suicide | [135] |
* – 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, 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)