See also: List of major terrorist incidents.
This is a list of mass or spree killers. A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills 2 or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period, not including themself.[1] [2] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others.[3] [4] [5]
Specific notable subtypes of mass murder, including politically motivated crimes, workplace killings, school attacks and familicides, have their own lists.
This list does not include serial killers, members of democidal governments, or major political figures who orchestrated such actions.
Only the first 15 entries are shown here. For the entire list see: List of rampage killers in Africa
| Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Unek, William, 27[6] [7] | --- Feb. 11 | 1954 1957 | Belgian Congo Tanganyika | M FMA | Killed by police | ||||
| 2. | Khayati, Younes, 32 | Aug. 21 | 1994 | Douar Izounine | Morocco | V | Died in the plane crash. | |||
| 3. | dos Santos Fernandes, Herminio, 49 | November 29 | 2013 | Bwabwata National Park | Namibia | V | Died in the crash. No survivors | |||
| 4. | June 26 | 1994 | Uganda | F | Killed by one of his victim's father | |||||
| 5. | Unknown Police Officer | April 15 | 1983 | Uganda | F | Committed suicide | ||||
| 6. | Abdul Razeq Abdullah Rifai, Omar, 28 | Aug. 21 | 2013 | Egypt | F | Killed by villagers | ||||
| 7. | Unknown Soldier | Nov. 6 | 1995 | Rwanda | FM | Committed suicide | ||||
| 8. | Dhendonga, Longo[8] | July 30 | 2020 | Sange | Democratic Republic of the Congo | F | Sentenced to death | [9] | ||
| 9. | Opetu, Babby Ndombe | July 22 | 2023 | Nyakova | Democratic Republic of the Congo | F | Arrested | [10] | ||
| 10. | Ogwang, Alfred, 28 | Dec. 26 | 1994 | Uganda | F | Sentenced to death; commuted to life imprisonment | ||||
| 11. | Unknown | Nov. 5 | 2016 | South Sudan | F | Unsolved | [11] | |||
| 12. | Nasha, Fekadu | May 12 | 2013 | Ethiopia | F | Died | ||||
| 13. | May 12 | 1929 | Kenya | M | Sentenced to death | |||||
| 14. | Obwara, Lazaro, 55 | July 28 | 1950 | Uganda | M | Arrested | ||||
| 15. | Ben Jebir, 28 | March 25 | 1985 | Tunisia | F | Committed suicide Terminated a pregnancy | ||||
Only the first 15 entries are shown here. For the entire list see: List of rampage killers in the Americas and List of rampage killers in the United States
| Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Paddock, Stephen Craig, | Oct. 1 | 2017 | United States | F | Committed suicide Two of the victims died in 2019 and 2020; attributed to this event | ||||
| 2. | Gonzales, Francisco Paula, 27 | May 7 | 1964 | United States | FV | Committed suicide | ||||
| 3. | Burke, David Augustus, | Dec. 7 | 1987 | United States | FV | Committed suicide or died in the crash | ||||
| 4. | Delgado Morales, Campo Elías, | Dec. 4 | 1986 | Colombia | FMA | Killed by police | ||||
| 5. | Kelley, Devin Patrick, | Nov. 5 | 2017 | United States | F | Committed suicide Terminated a pregnancy | ||||
| 6. | Hennard, George Pierre, | Oct. 16 | 1991 | United States | FV | Committed suicide | ||||
| 7. | Wortman, Gabriel, 51 | April 18/19 | 2020 | Canada | FA | Killed by police Terminated a pregnancy Also killed two dogs | ||||
| 8. | Kenney, John | June. 21 | 1977 | Saint John, New Brunswick | Canada | A | ||||
| 9. | Huberty, James Oliver, | July 18 | 1984 | San Diego, California | United States | F | Killed by police Terminated a pregnancy | |||
| 10. | Card, Robert Russell, 40 | Oct. 25 | 2023 | United States | F | Committed suicide | ||||
| 11. | Ferreira de França, Genildo, 27 | May 21/22 | 1997 | Santo Antônio do Potengi | Brazil | F | Committed suicide | |||
| 12. | Wong, Jiverly Antares, | April 3 | 2009 | United States | F | Committed suicide | ||||
| 13. | Unruh, Howard Barton, | Sept. 6 | 1949 | United States | F | Found mentally unfit to stand trial | ||||
| 14. | Holmes, James Eagan, | July 20 | 2012 | United States | FE | Sentenced to life imprisonment | ||||
| 15. | Sanderson, Myles, 32 | Sept. 4 | 2022 | Canada | M | Died in police custody | ||||
Only the first 15 entries are shown here. For the entire list see: List of rampage killers in Asia and List of rampage killers in China
| Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Woo Bum-kon, 27 (우범곤) | April 26/27 | 1982 | Uiryeong | South Korea | FME | Committed suicide Seven of the victims died later on; attributed to this event | |||
| 2. | Feng Wanhai, 26 (冯万海) Jiang Liming, 22 (姜立明) | Nov. 18 | 1995 | Zhaodong | China | FV | Feng was killed by police Jiang committed suicide | [12] | ||
| 3. | Toi, Mutsuo, (都井睦雄) | May 21 | 1938 | Kaio | Japan | FM | Committed suicide | |||
| 4. | Thomma, Jakrapanth, 31 (จักรพันธ์ ถมมา) | Feb. 8/9 | 2020 | Nakhon Ratchasima | Thailand | F | Killed by police | |||
| 5. | Tian Mingjian, 31 (田明建) | Sept. 20 | 1994 | Beijing | China | F | Killed by soldier | |||
| 6. | Unknown | June 3 | 1938 | Ankara | Turkey | F | Killed by armed citizen | [13] | ||
| 7. | Unknown soldier | April 21 | 1950 | Nainital | India | M | ||||
| 8. | Unknown | March 25/26 | 1994 | Ta'izz | Yemen | F | Killed by police | |||
| 9. | Wang Mingfang, 22 (王明芳) Wang Mingchao, 19 (王明超) | Feb. 17 | 1981 | Helong | China | FM | Both arrested | [14] | ||
| 10. | Uematsu, Satoshi, 26 (植松聖) | July 26 | 2016 | Sagamihara | Japan | M | Sentenced to death | |||
| 11. | Shao Jiangbin, 21 (邵江彬) Geng Xuejie, 20 (耿学杰) | Nov. 8–29 | 1988 | Xiangfan | China | FM | Both killed by soldiers | |||
| 12. | Yang Qingpei, 27 (杨清培) | Sept. 29 | 2016 | Qujing | China | M | Sentenced to death | |||
| 13. | Li Xianliang, (李献良) | Aug. 1 | 2010 | Nanzuo | China | MV | Arrested | |||
Only the first 15 entries are shown here. For the entire list see: List of rampage killers in Europe
| Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | , | Dec. 13 | 1789 | Senlis | France | FE | Lynched by mob | |||
| 2 | Grigore, Eugen, 27 | July | 1974 | Ciurea | Romania | V | Released after serving 27 years in prison, later killed in accident | |||
| 3 | Hamilton, Thomas Watt, | March 13 | 1996 | United Kingdom | F | Committed suicide | ||||
| 4 | Ryan, Michael Robert, | Aug. 19 | 1987 | Hungerford | United Kingdom | FA | Committed suicide Also killed his dog | |||
| 5 | el Maleck, Abd | June 10/11 | 1945 | Dieppe | France | FM | Sentenced to death and executed | |||
| 6 | Borel, Éric, 16 | Sept. 23/24 | 1995 | Solliès-Pont & Cuers | France | FM | Committed suicide | |||
| 7 | Leibacher, Friedrich, | Sept. 27 | 2001 | Zug | Switzerland | FE | Committed suicide | |||
| 8 | Wagner, Ernst August, | Sept. 4 | 1913 | Degerloch & Mühlhausen/Enz | Germany | FMA | Found not guilty by reason of insanity Also shot two animals | |||
| 9 | Dornier, Christian, 31 | July 12 | 1989 | Luxiol | France | F | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | |||
| 10 | , 19 (Коршунов, Виктор Николаевич) , 20 (Суровцев, Юрий Степанович) | Sept. 26/27 | 1968 | Kursk | Soviet Union | F | Korshunov killed by Surovtsev Surovtsev sentenced to death and executed | |||
| 11 | Bogdanović, Ljubiša, 60 (Богдановић, Љубиша) | April 9 | 2013 | Velika Ivanča | Serbia | F | Committed suicide | |||
| 12 | Bird, Derrick, | June 2 | 2010 | Copeland, Cumbria | United Kingdom | F | Committed suicide | |||
| 13 | Konopka, Zdeněk, 54 | Aug. 8 | 2020 | Bohumín | Czech Republic | A | Sentenced to life in prison | |||
| 14 | Grachev, Grigory Timofeevich, 47 (Грачев, Григорий Тимофеевич) | July 26 | 1925 | Ivankovo | Soviet Union | FA | Sentenced to 20 years in prison, released after 10 | |||
| 15 | Gritsuk, Vadim, 41 (Грицук, Вадим) | April 11–27 | 2000 | Omsk | Russia | M | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [15] | ||
Only the first 15 entries are shown here. For the entire list see: List of rampage killers in Oceania and Maritime Southeast Asia
| Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional notes | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Butaog, Mangayanon | Sept. 9 | 1985 | Philippines | MP | Committed suicide | |||||
| 2. | Bryant, Martin John, | April 28/29 | 1996 | Australia | FMA | Sentenced to 35 concurrent life terms plus 1,652 years | |||||
| 3. | Unknown | April 22 | 1905 | Philippines | M | Killed by angry mob | [16] | ||||
| 4. | Unknown | 1903 | Philippines | [17] | |||||||
| 5. | Wirjo, 42 | April 15 | 1987 | Indonesia | M | Committed suicide | |||||
| 6. | Formentera, Arsenio | Jan. 28 | 1968 | Philippines | M | ||||||
| 7. | Hodeng | June 17 | 1879 | Indonesia | Arrested | [18] | |||||
| 8. | Salazar, Domingo, 42 | Oct. 11 | 1956 | Philippines | M | Sentenced to death Terminated two pregnancies | |||||
| 9. | Unknown | Dec. 13 | 1873 | Indonesia | M | Killed | |||||
| 10. | Basobas, Florentino | May 9 | 1977 | Philippines | M | Shot dead | |||||
| 11. | May 27 | 1897 | Malaysia | M | Shot dead | ||||||
| 12. | Long, Robert Paul, 38 | June 23/28 | 2000 | Australia | MA | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |||||
| 13. | Pusok Anak Ngaik, 28 | May 29 | 1965 | Malaysia | M | ||||||
| 14. | Unknown | March | 1909 | Indonesia | [19] | ||||||
| 15. | Unknown | Nov. | 1935 | Indonesia | Sentenced to life imprisonment |
Only the first 15 entries are shown here. For the entire list see: List of rampage killers (workplace killings) and List of rampage killers (workplace violence in the military)
| Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional notes | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jaafar | June 29 | 2003 | Didessa | Ethiopia | FE | Escaped | [20] | |||
| 2. | Sanurip, 36 | April 15 | 1996 | Indonesia | F | Sentenced to death and died in hospital awaiting execution | |||||
| 3. | Chelakh, Vladislav Valeriovich, (Челах, Владислав Валерьевич) | May 28 | 2012 | FA | Sentenced to life imprisonment | ||||||
| 4. | Sherrill, Patrick Henry, 44 | Aug. 20 | 1986 | United States | F | Committed suicide | |||||
| 5. | Hasan, Nidal Malik, 39 | Nov. 5 | 2009 | United States | F | Sentenced to death Terminated a pregnancy | |||||
| 6. | Deng Guoxiang, 31 (邓国祥) | April 2 | 1982 | China | F | Committed suicide | |||||
| 7. | Barton, Mark Orrin, 44 | July 27–29 | 1999 | Stockbridge & Atlanta, Georgia | United States | FM | Committed suicide Suspected of killing two people in 1993 | ||||
| 8. | (조준희) | June 26 | 1984 | South Korea | FE | Escaped | |||||
| 9. | Craddock, DeWayne Antonio, 40 | May 31 | 2019 | United States | F | Killed by police | |||||
| 10. | Alexis, Aaron, | Sept. 16 | 2013 | Washington, D.C. | United States | F | Killed by police | ||||
| 11. | Gong Taian, 55 | Feb. 16 | 1999 | Fishing vessel Jinqing 12 | Taiwan | F | Sentenced to 20 years in prison 3 more died by jumping overboard | [21] | |||
| 12. | Unknown | Aug. 18 | 1985 | China | F | ||||||
| 13. | Amizond, Ehsov Todjiddin, 24 (Амизонд, Эхсов Тоджиддин) Rahmonov, Mehrob, 23 (Рахмонов, Мехроб) | Oct. 15 | 2022 | Russia | F | Both killed by soldiers | [22] | ||||
| 14. | Semenikhin, Vitaliy, 19 (Семенихин, Виталий) Muradov, ---, 19 (Мурадов, ---) | July 14 | 1991 | Patrikeyevo | Soviet Union | F | Semenikhin sentenced to death, later changed to life imprisonment Muradov committed suicide | [23] | |||
| 15. | Ribeiro, Manuel Antonio Silva, 23 | April 25 | 2016 | Cape Verde | F | Sentenced to 35 years in prison |
Only the first 15 entries are shown here. For the entire list see: List of rampage killers (school massacres)
See also List of school-related attacks
| Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional notes | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kehoe, Andrew Philip, | May 18 | 1927 | United States | FME | Committed suicide | |||||
| 2. | Khamrab, Panya, 34 (ปัญญา คำราบ) | Oct. 6 | 2022 | Thailand | FMV | Committed suicide | |||||
| 3. | Cho, Seung-Hui, (조승희) | April 16 | 2007 | United States | F | Committed suicide | |||||
| 4. | Lanza, Adam Peter, | Dec. 14 | 2012 | United States | F | Committed suicide | |||||
| 5. | Ramos, Salvador Rolando, 18 | May 24 | 2022 | United States | F | Killed by police | |||||
| 6. | Roslyakov, Vladislav Igorevich, 18 (Росляков, Владислав Игоревич) | Oct. 17 | 2018 | Russia (de facto) Ukraine (de jure) | FE | Committed suicide | |||||
| 7. | Kazantsev, Artyom Igorevich, 34 (Казанцев, Артём Игоревич) | Sept. 26 | 2022 | Russia | F | Committed suicide | |||||
| 8. | Cruz, Nikolas Jacob, 19 | Feb. 14 | 2018 | United States | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |||||
| 9. | Hamilton, Thomas Watt, | March 13 | 1996 | United Kingdom | F | Committed suicide | |||||
| 10. | Whitman, Charles Joseph, | Aug. 1 | 1966 | United States | FM | Killed by police Terminated a pregnancy One of the victims died in 2001; attributed to this event | |||||
| 11 | Kozák, David, 24 | Dec. 15/21 | 2023 | Czech Republic | F | Committed suicide | |||||
| 12. | Steinhäuser, Robert, | April 26 | 2002 | Germany | F | Committed suicide | |||||
| 13. | Kretschmer, Tim, 17 | March 11 | 2009 | Germany | F | Committed suicide | |||||
| 14. | Lépine, Marc, | Dec. 6 | 1989 | Canada | FM | Committed suicide | |||||
| 15. | Harris, Eric David, Klebold, Dylan Bennet, | April 20 | 1999 | United States | FE | Both committed suicide |
Only the first 15 entries are shown here. For the entire list see: List of rampage killers (religious, political, or ethnic crimes)
| Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali, 19, Azzam | August 7 | 1998 | Kenya | FE | Azzam committed suicide bombing Al-Owhali sentenced to life without parole | ||||
| 2. | Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, Mohamed Salmene, 31 (محمد سلمان الحويج بوهلال) | July 14 | 2016 | France | FV | Killed by police | ||||
| 3. | Breivik, Anders Behring, | July 22 | 2011 | Norway | FE | Sentenced to 21 years in prison Two more died trying to escape | ||||
| 4. | Tarrant, Brenton Harrison, 28 | March 15 | 2019 | New Zealand | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | ||||
| 5. | Mateen, Omar Mir Seddique, | June 12 | 2016 | United States | F | Killed by police | ||||
| 6. | Aug. 3 | 2018 | Afghanistan | FE | One killed by security One committed suicide | |||||
| 7. | Masharipov, Abdulkadir, 28 (Машарипов, Абдулкадир) | Jan. 1 | 2017 | Turkey | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | ||||
| 8. | Yacoubi, Seifeddine Rezgui, (سيف الدين رزقي اليعقوبي) | June 26 | 2015 | Tunisia | FE | Killed by police | ||||
| 9. | Ibragimov, Ahmed, 43 (Ибрагимов, Ахмед) | Oct. 8 | 1999 | Ichkeria | F | Killed by angry mob Killed several other people | ||||
| 10. | Aug. 1 | 2017 | Afghanistan | FE | Both committed suicide | |||||
| 11. | March 6 | 2020 | Afghanistan | FE | Both killed by police | |||||
| 12. | Sept. 24/25 | 2002 | India | FE | Both killed by police | |||||
| 13. | Morral Roca, Mateu, 25 | May 31/June 2 | 1906 | Spain | FE | Committed suicide | ||||
| 14. | Aug. 24 | 2010 | Somalia | FE | Both committed suicide | |||||
| 15. | Goldstein, Baruch Kopel, (ברוך קופל גולדשטיין) | Feb. 25 | 1994 | Palestine | F | Killed by angry crowd | ||||
Only the first 15 entries are shown here. For the entire list see: List of rampage killers (familicides in Africa), List of rampage killers (familicides in the Americas), List of rampage killers (familicides in Asia), List of rampage killers (familicides in China), List of rampage killers (familicides in Europe), List of rampage killers (familicides in Oceania and Maritime Southeast Asia).
| Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional notes | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ou Yangpu (欧阳普) | Jan. 1 | 1976 | China | M | Committed suicide | |||||
| 2. | Simmons, Ronald Gene, | Dec. 22–28 | 1987 | Russellville, Arkansas | United States | FMO | Sentenced to death and executed | ||||
| 3. | Mohammad Zaman, 30* | Sept. 25 | 2009 | Afghanistan | F | Committed suicide | |||||
| 4. | Unknown | Nov. 23 | 1936 | India | M | Arrested | |||||
| 5. | Warekar, Asnain Anwar, 35 | Feb. 28 | 2016 | India | M | Committed suicide | |||||
| 6. | Banks, George Emil, | Sept. 25 | 1982 | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | United States | F | Sentenced to death | ||||
| 7. | Liu Aibing, * (刘爱兵) | Dec. 12 | 2009 | China | FMA | Sentenced to death and executed | |||||
| 8. | Medana, Jose* | May | 1891 | Argentina | |||||||
| 9. | Mohammed Nawaz, 22 | July 4 | 1996 | Pakistan | M | Arrested | |||||
| 10. | Ramos de Araujo, Sidnei, 46 | Dec. 31 | 2016 | Brazil | F | Committed suicide | |||||
| 11. | Amar Lajdah | Oct. 12 | 2020 | Yemen | F | Killed by police | |||||
| 12. | Saeed al-Qashash, 19 | June 10 | 1998 | Jordan | F | Sentenced to death and executed | |||||
| 13. | Jia Yingmin, 40 (賈英民) | Oct. 6 | 2000 | China | M | Committed suicide | |||||
| 14. | Abbas Khan^ | Sept. | 1896 | India | M | Arrested | |||||
| 15. | Andangan* | Oct. 21 | 1921 | Philippines | M | Committed suicide |
| Name | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | Additional notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Franch, Salvador, 31 | Nov. 7 | 1893 | Spain | Sentenced to death and executed | [24] | ||||
| Barde, Reynaldo | April 15 | 1999 | Philippines | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [25] | ||||
| Unknown soldier | Ukraine | [26] | |||||||
| Unknown, 21 | Nov. 2 | 1979 | Thailand | Arrested | |||||
| Ismatov, Bobomurad, 49 | Feb. 6 | 1994 | Tajikistan | Committed suicide | |||||
| Hazaa Sharman | Sept. 26 | 2016 | Yemen | Committed suicide | |||||
| Sulngarm, Vitoon | May 7 | 1973 | Thailand | Killed by the explosion | |||||
| Gbaki, Justin Angelo | Sept. 28 | 2018 | South Sudan | Arrested | |||||
| Chen Anjin (陈安进) | Aug. 10 | 1978 | China | Committed suicide | |||||
| Unknown soldier, 23 | May 1 | 1993 | Thailand | Arrested | |||||
| Dud Phumla, 22 (ดัด ภูมิลา) | May 8 | 1972 | Nakhon Phanom | Thailand | Sentenced to death and executed | [27] | |||
| Unknown soldier | April 15 | 1990 | Uganda | Sentenced to death and executed | [28] | ||||
| Unknown soldier | Dec. 1 | 1998 | Angola | Killed by the explosion | |||||
| Unknown soldier | Feb. 21 | 1982 | Thailand | [29] | |||||
| Unknown soldier, 23 | Laos | Killed by the explosion | [30] | ||||||
| Unknown soldier, 35 | Laos | Killed by the explosion | |||||||
| Unknown | Feb. | 1967 | Indonesia | ||||||
| Cuellar Beltran, Jorge Alberto | Aug. 17 | 1991 | El Salvador | ||||||
| Abdullah Salih al-Hajiri | Aug. 4 | 1999 | Yemen | Arrested | |||||
| Avraham, Ezra, 19 | Feb. 4 | 1975 | Israel | Arrested | |||||
| Shin Myung-sik, 23 | May 18 | 1968 | South Korea | Sentenced to death | |||||
| David, Ernesto, 28 | Dec. 2 | 1980 | Philippines | Arrested | |||||
| You Ein, 39 | Nov. 1 | 2001 | Cambodia | Arrested | |||||
| Lacsina, Ederlino L. | March 18 | 1978 | Philippines | Arrested | |||||
| Yeh Jong-nam | June 6 | 1956 | South Korea | Committed suicide | |||||
| Hernández Peña, Luis Álvaro | Aug. 29 | 2005 | Colombia | Arrested | [31] | ||||
| Bertoli, Gianfranco, 40 | May 17 | 1973 | Italy | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |||||
| Unknown soldier | Dec. | 1973 | Cambodia | [32] | |||||
| Retana, Julio | Dec. | 1989 | El Salvador | Committed suicide | [33] | ||||
| Unknown soldier, 26 | 1959 | Laos | Arrested | ||||||
| He Dengtian (何登天) | Oct. 29 | 2005 | China | Committed suicide | [34] | ||||
| Lotero Paredes, Héctor | Aug. 17 | 1969 | Colombia | Killed by the explosion | [35] | ||||
| Cervantes, Richard, 20 | Oct. 12 | 1996 | Philippines | Arrested |
For other incidents in China see: Other incidents
| Name | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Batouti, Gameel, 59 (جميل البطوطي) | Oct. 31 | 1999 | Atlantic Ocean | V | First Officer; died in the crash of EgyptAir Flight 990, which he deliberately caused | |||||
| Kim Dae-han, 56 (김대한) | Feb. 18 | 2003 | South Korea | A | ||||||
| McVeigh, Timothy James, 26 | April 19 | 1995 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | United States | E | Sentenced to death and executed for the Oklahoma City bombing Terminated three pregnancies | ||||
| Segee, Robert Dale, 14 | July 6 | 1944 | United States | A | Confessed to causing the Hartford circus fire; later recanted | |||||
| Lubitz, Andreas Günter, 27 | March 24 | 2015 | France | V | Died in the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525, which he caused | |||||
| Mondaca Mella, Francisco Ignacio, 22, Pinto Orellana, Franco Antonio, 31 | Feb. 2–3 | 2024 | Valparaíso | Chile | A | Charged with perpetuating the 2024 Chile wildfires; under investigation. | [36] [37] | |||
| Jan. 31 | 2009 | Kenya | A | Unsolved | ||||||
| Muñoz Mosquera, Dandeny, 24 | Nov. 27 | 1989 | Colombia | E | ||||||
| Tsu Way Ming, 41 (朱卫民) | Dec. 19 | 1997 | Indonesia | V | Pilot; Died in the crash of SilkAir Flight 185, which he was suspected of causing | |||||
| Unknown arsonist, 10 | Dec. 1 | 1958 | Chicago | United States | A | Fifth-grade student confessed to causing the Our Lady of the Angels School fire; later recanted | ||||
| González, Julio, 35 | March 25 | 1990 | New York City | United States | A | Sentenced to 25 years to life imprisonment for causing the Happy Land fire | ||||
| Keith, Alexander, 48 | Dec. 11 | 1875 | German Reich | E | Committed suicide | |||||
| Rzayev, Genghis Yunus-oglu, 32 (Рзаев, Чингис Юнус-оглы) | May 18 | 1973 | Soviet Union | E | Committed suicide | |||||
| Le Duc Tan (马宏清) | Sept. 15 | 1974 | South Vietnam | V | Died in the crash of Air Vietnam Flight 706, which he caused | |||||
| June 15 | 1972 | South Vietnam | E | Unsolved | ||||||
| Oct. 12 | 1967 | E | Unsolved | |||||||
| Alekseychik, Sergei Alexandrovich, 27 (Алексейчик, Сергей Александрович) | March 16 | 2004 | Russia | E | Sentenced to 25 years in prison | |||||
| Nasra Yussef Mohammed al-Enezi, 23 | Aug. 15 | 2009 | Kuwait | A | Sentenced to death and executed | |||||
| July 8 | 1965 | Canada | E | Unsolved | ||||||
| Huang Gege (黃格格) | Oct. 14 | 2021 | Taiwan | A | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |||||
| Aug. 24 | 2004 | Russia | E | Committed suicide | ||||||
| Doty, Thomas G., | May 22 | 1962 | United States | E | Committed suicide | |||||
| Graham, Jack Gilbert, | Nov. 1 | 1955 | Denver, Colorado | United States | E | |||||
| Aug. 24 | 2004 | Russia | E | Committed suicide | ||||||
| Aug. 9 | 1864 | United States | E | Escaped | ||||||
| Younes Khayati, 32 (يونس خياطي) | Aug. 21 | 1994 | Morocco | V | Pilot; Died in the crash of Royal Air Maroc Flight 630, which he was suspected of causing | |||||
| Epperly, Elnora, 22 | Jan. 7 | 1950 | United States | A | Found mentally unfit to stand trial | |||||
| Sept. 16 | 1920 | Manhattan, New York City | United States | E | Unsolved | |||||
| Chiasson, Louis, 64 | Dec. 2 | 1969 | Canada | A | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |||||
| Thompson, John, 42 | Aug. 16 | 1980 | London | United Kingdom | A | Sentenced to life imprisonment | ||||
| Aoba, Shinji, 41 (青葉真司) | July 17 | 2019 | Japan | A | Sentenced to death | |||||
| April 21 | 1970 | Philippines | E | Unsolved | ||||||
| , | Sept. 1 | 1973 | Denmark | A | Found not guilty by reason of insanity Killed three other people | |||||
| Çal, Kadir, 34 | April 9 | 1991 | Turkey | A | Died in the fire | |||||
| Khalid Mahmood, 18 (خالد محمو) | May | 2016 | Pakistan | P | [38] | |||||
| Jan. 19 | 1993 | Taiwan | A | |||||||
| Frank, Julian Andrew, 32 | Jan. 6 | 1960 | United States | E | Committed suicide | |||||
| June 24 | 1973 | New Orleans, Louisiana | United States | A | Unsolved | |||||
| Unknown | April 22 | 1980 | France | A | Unsolved | |||||
| Hermino dos Santos Fernandes, 32 | Nov. 29 | 2013 | Namibia | V | Pilot; Died in the crash of LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470, which he caused | |||||
| Nov. 22 | 1966 | Yemen | E | |||||||
| Pates, Robert Eugene, 31 | Nov. 8 | 1982 | United States | A | Arrested | [39] | ||||
| Jan. 26 | 1972 | Czechoslovakia | E | Unsolved | ||||||
| Mahammad Mammadov, 64 (Məmməd Məmmədov) | March 2 | 2018 | Azerbaijan | A | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [40] | ||||
| , 16 | Nov. 2 | 1984 | Czechoslovakia | A | Sentenced to 5 years in prison | |||||
| Unknown soldier | Feb. 16 | 1984 | Ethiopia | E | Died | |||||
| Unknown, 61 (accused) | Dec. 17 | 2021 | Japan | A | Perished from carbon monoxide poisoning | |||||
| Oct. 10 | 1971 | Soviet Union | E | Unsolved | ||||||
| Su Ming-cheng, 53 (蘇明成) | July 19 | 2016 | Taiwan | A | Perished in the flames | |||||
| Katagiri, Seiji, 35 (片桐 清二) | Feb. 9 | 1982 | Tokyo | Japan | V | Pilot; Found not guilty of causing the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 350 by reason of insanity | ||||
| Aug. 12 | 1939 | United States | V | Unsolved | ||||||
| de la Torre, Humberto Diaz, 19 | Sept. 4 | 1982 | Los Angeles, California | United States | A | Sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms Terminated a pregnancy | ||||
| Unknown | May 25 | 1982 | France | A | Unsolved | |||||
| Unknown, 21 | Jan. 30 | 1976 | Chicago, Illinois | United States | A | Arrested | [41] | |||
| Guay, Albert, 32 | Sept. 9 | 1949 | Canada | E | Sentenced to death and executed for the bombing of Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 108 | |||||
| , 30 (Татарников, Владимир Георгиевич) | April 4 | 1950 | Soviet Union | E | Committed suicide | |||||
| Arrendondo, Pedro Arguello, 26 | Oct. 10 | 1978 | Venezuela | A | Arrested | |||||
| Abedi, Salman Ramadan, 22 | May 22 | 2017 | United Kingdom | E | Committed suicide | |||||
| Matuska, Szilveszter, 39 | Sept. 13 | 1931 | Hungary | E | Sentenced to death Later changed to life imprisonment Later escaped | |||||
| Holman, George, 47 | March 27 | 1944 | San Francisco, California | United States | A | Sentenced to 22 concurrent life terms in prison | ||||
| Oct. 1 | 1910 | Los Angeles, California | United States | E | ||||||
| Jaradat, Hanadi Tayseer Abdul Malek, 28 | Oct. 4 | 2003 | Israel | E | Committed suicide | |||||
| Rahama Tullah | 1980s/70s | Afghanistan | E | Sentenced to death and executed | [42] | |||||
| , 81 (accused) (김모) | May 28 | 2014 | South Korea | A | ||||||
| Dorado y Arabaca, Gavino, 48 | Sept. 2 | 1962 | Philippines | A | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |||||
| Lin Shan-mu, 38 (林山木) | Sept. 15 | 1970 | Fishing vessel "Hsin Hai No. 2" | P | Sentenced to death | [43] | ||||
| Unnamed female, 15 (accused) | May 21 | 2023 | Guyana | A | Arrested | |||||
| Unknown | March 20 | 1970 | Seattle, Washington | United States | A | Unsolved | [44] | |||
| Liang Hsin-teng, 51 (梁興登) | May 12 | 1993 | Taiwan | A | Perished in the flames | |||||
| Niser bin Muhammad Nasr Nawar, 24 | April 11 | 2002 | Tunisia | E | Committed suicide | |||||
| Figueroa, Alejandro, 44 | Sept. 13 | 1970 | Los Angeles, California | United States | A | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [45] | |||
| Aug. 26 | 2005 | Paris | France | A | Unsolved | |||||
| , 30 (김정수) | Oct. 17 | 1991 | South Korea | A | Arrested | |||||
| , 49 (小川 和弘) | Oct. 1 | 2008 | Japan | A | Sentenced to death | |||||
| , 40 (汤铭雄) | Nov. 21 | 1992 | Taiwan | A | Sentenced to death and executed | [46] | ||||
| April 17 | 2013 | United States | A | Unsolved | ||||||
| Jalilov, Akbarzhon, 22 | April 3 | 2017 | Russia | E | Committed suicide | |||||
| (徐瑞琴) | Aug. 31 | 2003 | Taiwan | A | Perished in the flames | |||||
| , 35 (원언식) | Oct. 4 | 1992 | South Korea | A | Sentenced to death | |||||
| Lyttle, Reginald John, 25 | Dec. 25 | 1975 | Sydney | Australia | A | Sentenced to life imprisonment | ||||
| , 19 | July 1 | 1959 | Finland | A | Perished in the flames | |||||
| Carver, James, 20 | July 4 | 1984 | United States | A | Sentenced to two consecutive life sentences | |||||
| March 19 | 1990 | Japan | A | |||||||
| July 9–11 | 1957 | United States | A | Arrested | ||||||
| Raecivich, Pero, 45 | Feb. 1 | 1942 | Australia | E | Committed suicide | |||||
| Madera-Flores, Israel, 29 | July 5 | 1982 | United States | A | Sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole | [47] | ||||
| Thessen, Charles, 35 | Sept. 12 | 1966 | United States | A | Sentenced to three consecutive 20-year sentences | [48] | ||||
| , 69 (林基雄) | Oct. 23 | 2012 | Taiwan | A | Sentenced to death Died while awaiting execution | [49] | ||||
| de Freitas, Alfredo | Sept. 18 | 1962 | Brazil | V | Escaped | |||||
| Lassiter, Robert Lee, 26 | Dec. 11 | 1965 | Chicago, Illinois | United States | A | Sentenced to 100 to 150 years in prison | [50] | |||
| José Luis N., 28 (accused) | July 22 | 2023 | Mexico | A | Arrested and charged | [51] | ||||
| de Oliveira, Raul | March 29 | 1978 | Brazil | E | Sentenced to 251 years in prison Also killed his three accomplices in the explosion | |||||
| Köhler, Gundolf, | Sept. 26 | 1980 | West Germany | E | ||||||
| dos Santos, Damião Soares, 50 | Oct. 5 | 2017 | Brazil | A | Perished in the flames One of the injured died in 2018; attributed to this event | |||||
| Moore, Valerie, 47 | Oct. 31 | 2006 | United States | A | Sentenced to 12 consecutive life prison terms without parole | [52] | ||||
| Beard, Roy Jennings, 57 | July 7 | 1975 | United States | A | Found mentally unfit to stand trial | |||||
| , 41 (朱宝光) | Jan. 10 | 1994 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | A | Sentenced to 20 years in prison Terminated a pregnancy | [53] | |||
| , 23 (Халтурин, Степан Николаевич) | Feb. 17 | 1880 | Russian Empire | E | Escaped | |||||
| May 17 | 2015 | Japan | A | |||||||
| Sept. 15 | 1992 | Netherlands | A | Arrested | ||||||
| Aug. 9 | 1894 | United States | V | Unsolved | ||||||
| Essia Boularès, 41 | Feb. 5 | 2019 | Paris | France | A | Sentenced to 25 years in prison | ||||
| Nov. 26 | 1978 | United States | A | Unsolved | ||||||
| Volynsky, Peter Kuzmich, 31 (Волынский, Пётр Кузьмич) | June 14 | 1971 | Soviet Union | E | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | |||||
| Lauwers, David, 35 | Feb. 26 | 1994 | London | United Kingdom | A | Sentenced to life imprisonment One more died trying to escape | ||||
| Raag, Johannes | Sept. 21 | 1950 | S/S Energi | E | Eight years in prison | [54] | ||||
| Freeman, Gordon Howard, 49 | Dec. 23 | 1989 | Canada | A | Sentenced to 10 years in prison | |||||
| Marchukov, Alexey, 27 (Марчуков, Алексей) | March 6 | 2002 | Russia | A | Sentenced to life imprisonment 2 more died by jumping out of a window | |||||
| , 49 (李國輝) | Nov. 22 | 2017 | Taiwan | A | Sentenced to death | |||||
| , 44 (子張炳) | March 8 | 1975 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | A | Sentenced to death Later changed to life imprisonment Terminated a pregnancy | ||||
| Warren, Roger Wallace, 49 | Sept. 18 | 1992 | Canada | E | ||||||
| Cline, Philip Bruce, 23 | Feb. 10 | 1981 | United States | A | Sentenced to life in prison without parole | |||||
| Elser, Johann Georg, 36 | Nov. 8 | 1939 | Nazi Germany | E | Executed without trial | |||||
| Jan. 19 | 2020 | Czech Republic | A | |||||||
| Damiani, Jennie C. (accused) | Oct. 12 | 1969 | Los Angeles, California | United States | A | Arrested | ||||
| Unknown | March 5 | 1982 | United States | A | Unsolved | |||||
| Komarov, Alexander, 37 (Комаров, Александр) | Oct. 19 | 2019 | Russia | A | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [55] | ||||
| Ponkratov, Alexander Alekseevich, 28 (Понкратов, Александр Алексеевич) | March 26 | 2020 | Russia | A | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |||||
| Castillo, Manuel | Jan. | 1952 | Peru | E | Committed suicide | |||||
| Khomchenko, Yuri, 59 (accused) (Хомченко, Юрий) | Feb. 23 | 2023 | Moscow | Russia | A | Arrested | ||||
| , 27 (Копытов, Александр Анатольевич) | Nov. 9 | 2017 | Russia | E | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | |||||
| (유해명) | Jan. 20 | 2018 | South Korea | A | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |||||
| Vazquez, Jairo, 20 | April 9 | 1978 | United States | A | Arrested | |||||
| Stuckey, Richard A., 23 (accused) | April 21 | 1989 | United States | A | Arrested | [56] | ||||
| Fielding, Richard, 20 | March 6 | 1999 | United Kingdom | A | Sentenced to be detained for an indefinite period | [57] | ||||
| Oct. 10 | 1933 | United States | E | Unsolved | ||||||
| Smith, Kennard Arnold, 38 | Dec. 1 | 1964 | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | A | Arrested | [58] | |||
| Sept. 29–30 | 1982 | Chicago, Illinois | United States | P | Unsolved | |||||
| Gerdt, Petri Erkki Tapio, | Oct. 11 | 2002 | Finland | E | Killed by the explosion | |||||
| Chunmo, 53 (천모) | June 9 | 2022 | South Korea | A | Perished in the flames | |||||
| , 30 | Jan. 22 | 1914 | Russian Empire | P | Arrested | |||||
| Dec. 13 | 2008 | Norway | A | Unsolved | ||||||
| Konopka, Zdeněk, 54 | Aug. 8 | 2020 | Czech Republic | A | Sentenced to life imprisonment 5 more died by jumping out of a window | |||||
| , 38 (丸山博文) | Aug. 19 | 1980 | Japan | A | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [59] | ||||
| Sept. 17 | 1989 | Sydney | Australia | A | Sentenced to 18 years in prison | |||||
| Petersen, Thorvold, 93 (accused) | Sept. 15 | 1971 | Salt Lake City, Utah | United States | A | Arrested | ||||
| Murray, Bruce J. | Dec. 10 | 1968 | United States | A | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |||||
| Blackwell, Anthony Lee, 20 | July 17 | 1975 | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | A | Sentenced to life in prison | ||||
| do Nascimento Rosa, Edmundo | Dec. 18 | 1949 | Brazil | E | Escaped; committed suicide days later | |||||
| Goodell, Shirley A., 38 | May 19 | 1976 | United States | A | Arrested | |||||
| Unknown | April 30 | 1966 | United States | A | Unsolved | |||||
| Lucas, Tonya Renee, 29 | July 7 | 1992 | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | A | Sentenced to six consecutive life terms | [60] | |||
| Franco Ribeiro, Armindo, 23 | Jan. 13 | 1996 | Brazil | A | Perished in the flames | |||||
| Rusanen, Tenho Olavi | Sept. 18 | 1981 | Finland | A | Confessed and later recanted. Sentenced to three years and ten months in prison. | [61] | ||||
| Lory, Alan Wayne | Feb. 4 | 1995 | New Zealand | A | Sentenced to life imprisonment. Paroled in 2009. | [62] | ||||
| Chen Wanji, 68 (陈万吉) | Nov. 10 | 2013 | Taiwan | A | Arrested | |||||
| Unknown | April 6 | 1984 | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | A | Unsolved | ||||
| da Silva Wedy, Gilmar, 36 | March 24 | 2002 | Restinga, Porto Alegre | Brazil | A | Arrested | ||||
| Naranbaatar, L., 34 | March 20 | 2013 | Mongolia | A | Arrested | [63] | ||||
| Fowler, Rickie Lee, | Oct. 21–Nov. 2 | 2003 | United States | A | ||||||
| da Silva, Paulo Nunes | April 3 | 1957 | Brazil | E | Arrested | |||||
| Unnamed male, 48 (accused) | May 16 | 2023 | New Zealand | A | Arrested | |||||
| Orgeron, Paul Harold, 49 | Sept. 15 | 1959 | Houston, Texas | United States | E | Killed by the explosion | ||||
| Sept. 18–Oct. 9 | 2001 | Washington, D.C. West Palm Beach, Florida New York City | United States | P | Unsolved | |||||
| Unknown | Oct. 4 | 1989 | New Delhi | India | E | Suspected to be a land dispute attack | ||||
| , 35 (accused) (奥西勝) | March 28 | 1961 | Japan | P | Sentenced to death | |||||
| Paris, Richard James, 28 | Jan. 7 | 1967 | United States | E | Died in the explosion | [64] | ||||
| Oyler, Raymond Lee, | Oct. 26–Nov. 1 | 2006 | United States | A | ||||||
| Feb. 13 | 2013 | Czech Republic | E | Committed suicide | ||||||
| , 41 (高見 素直) | July 5 | 2009 | Japan | A | Sentenced to death | |||||
| Delgado, José Diego Alvarez, 34 | May 17 | 1997 | Colombia | P | Committed suicide | [65] | ||||
| , (林旺仁) | June 16 | 2004 | Taiwan | A | Sentenced to death | |||||
| Unknown | Feb. 24 | 1999 | United States | A | Unsolved | [66] | ||||
| Kaverin, Sergei, 44 (Каверин, Сергей) | Oct. 29 | 1999 | Ukraine | A | Perished in the flames | [67] | ||||
| Hayashi, Masumi, 37 (林真須美) | July 25 | 1998 | Japan | P | Sentenced to death | |||||
| Diab, Hassan, 26 (accused) (حسن دياب) | Oct. 3 | 1980 | Paris | France | E | |||||
| Unknown, 25 (accused) | May 29 | 1994 | United States | A | Arrested | |||||
| Hartwell, Lakeya, 11 | Aug. 31 | 1989 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | United States | A | Arrested | ||||
| Blanchard, Kenneth J., 52 (accused) | July 8 | 1971 | United States | A | Arrested | [68] | ||||
| Ivanyutina, Tamara Antonovna, 45 | March 17–18 | 1987 | Soviet Union | P | Sentenced to death and executed Killed five other people from 1976 | |||||
| Tyufekchiev, Naum, 50 (Тюфекчиев, Наум) | Feb. 14 | 1915 | Kingdom of Bulgaria | E | Survived and wasn't caught | |||||
| Unknown | April | 1937 | Switzerland | E | Died in the explosion | [69] | ||||
| Copeland, David, 22 | April 17/24/30 | 1999 | London | United Kingdom | E | Sentenced to 6 concurrent life sentences for the 1999 London nail bombings Terminated a pregnancy | ||||
| Reardon, Charles, 49 | Feb. 2 | 1973 | United States | A | Found incompetent to be tried due to mental illness. | |||||
| Brigham, Thomas Bernard Clark, 65 | Sept. 3 | 1984 | Montreal, Quebec | Canada | E | Sentenced to life imprisonment | ||||
| Unknown, 15 | Oct. 23–27 | 1978 | Los Angeles, California | United States | A | Imprisoned until his 21st birthday | ||||
| Unknown, 64 | July 27 | 2001 | Portugal | A | Arrested | |||||
| , 48 (鍾德樹) | April 2 | 2001 | Taiwan | A | Sentenced to death and executed | |||||
| Rose, Jason Allen, 20 | Oct. 7 | 2005 | United States | A | Sentenced to 10 years in prison | [70] |
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, 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
V – indicates that a vehicle was the only other weapon used
A – indicates that an arson attack 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)