This is a list of mass or spree killers in Asia (excluding China). A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills three or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period, not including themselves.[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.__TOC__
Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional Notes | Ref | |
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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 | ||||
Zeng Yang, 38 (曾暘) Wang Zhengyi, 48 (王正義) | June 20 | 1964 | Taichung | Taiwan | FV | Both died in the crash | [6] | |||
Panya Khamrab, 34 | Oct. 6 | 2022 | Na Klang district | Thailand | FMV | Committed suicide | ||||
Toi, Mutsuo, [7] (都井睦雄) | May 21 | 1938 | Kaio | Empire of Japan | FM | Committed suicide | ||||
Thomma, Jakrapanth, 31 (จักรพันธ์ ถมมา) | Feb. 8/9 | 2020 | Nakhon Ratchasima | Thailand | F | Killed by police | ||||
Unknown | June 3 | 1938 | Turkey | F | Killed by armed citizen | [8] | ||||
Unknown | March 25/26 | 1994 | Ta'izz | Yemen | F | Killed by police | [9] | |||
Unknown Soldier | April 21 | 1950 | Nainital | India | M | [10] | ||||
Uematsu, Satoshi, 26 (植松聖) | July 26 | 2016 | Sagamihara | Japan | M | Sentenced to death | ||||
Unknown | April 1 | 1978 | Dong Doc | Laos | FE | [11] | ||||
Siavash Rahmani-Aqdam, 22 (سیاوش رحمانی-اقدم) | Nov. 26/28 | 1998 | Tehran | Iran | F | Killed by police | [12] | |||
Ramesh Sharma, 28 (रमेश शर्मा) | July 23 | 1983 | Mandsaur | India | F | Killed by police | ||||
Two unknown men | 1936 | Aksum | Turkey | FM | Both were killed | [13] | ||||
Unknown Soldier | June 14 | 1912 | Guangzhou | Republic of China | F | Killed by soldiers | [14] | |||
Unknown | Aug. | 1938 | Pipli | British Raj | F | [15] | ||||
Unknown | 1879 | Qing dynasty | M | Sentenced to death | [16] | |||||
Unknown | 1903 | Godavari District | British Raj | [17] | ||||||
Dương Văn Môn, 35 | Aug. 8 | 1998 | Krông Pắk District | Vietnam | M | Sentenced to death | [18] | |||
Thapa, Basudev, 26 | Dec. 14 | 2005 | Chihandanda | Nepal | F | Killed by soldiers | ||||
Unknown Soldier | May 20 | 1887 | Karachi | British Raj | F | Committed suicide | [19] | |||
Unknown | Jan. 10 | 1994 | Pakistan | F | [20] | |||||
Abdullah Saleh Zaid al-Kohali, 26 (عبد الله صالح زيد القهالي) | May 30 | 2008 | Bait al-Aqari | Yemen | F | Sentenced to death and executed | [21] | |||
Li Hsing-ju, 29 (李興儒) | Sept. 21 | 1959 | Nantou City | Taiwan | F | Committed suicide | [22] | |||
Unknown | Sept. 13 | 1954 | Jorhat | India | M | Killed | [23] | |||
Mohammed Yaqub | June 29 | 1997 | Muzaffarabad | Pakistan | F | Arrested | [24] | |||
Nazirov, Mutivillo, 25 | Feb. 9 | 1998 | Tursunzoda | Tajikistan | F | Arrested | [25] | |||
Qiao Genni | Aug. | 1882 | Shahe | Qing dynasty | [26] | |||||
Shawkat Fouad Shakar, 28 | Sept. 23 | 1991 | Maasser el-Chouf | Lebanon | F | Arrested | [27] | |||
Unknown Soldier | March 12 | 1935 | Beirut | Lebanon | F | Arrested | [28] | |||
Mazen Harfoush, 32 (مازن حرفوش) | April 21 | 2020 | Baakline | Lebanon | FM | Arrested | [29] [30] | |||
Hiroshi Taguchi | Nov. | 1935 | Kamijima | Empire of Japan | Died | [31] | ||||
Unknown | Nov. | 1996 | Iran | Killed | [32] | |||||
Pandu Ram Nagesia, 35 (पांडू राम नगेशिया) | April 4 | 2013 | Balrampur | India | M | Arrested | [33] | |||
Ehlil, Nebil, 23 | April 16 | 1969 | İshaklar | Turkey | F | Killed by police | [34] | |||
Shin Hyun-je, 28 | Nov. 27 | 1968 | Yesan | South Korea | M | [35] | ||||
Unknown | Oct. | 1906 | Karenui | British Raj | Killed | [36] | ||||
Li Han-no | June 1 | 1921 | Tokyo | Empire of Japan | M | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [37] | |||
Unknown Soldier | Jan. 25 | 1986 | Kilinochchi | Sri Lanka | F | Arrested | [38] | |||
Unknown Soldier | Nov. 4 | 1994 | Kurunegala District | Sri Lanka | F | Committed suicide Terminated a pregnancy | [39] | |||
Abdullah Ahmed Barkani | April 27 | 1997 | Mukayras | Yemen | F | Arrested | [40] | |||
Chukamnerd, Venus, 52 (วีนัส ชูกำเนิด) | March 2 | 2008 | Hat Yai | Thailand | F | Arrested | [41] | |||
Tomekichi, Osaki, 30 | April 22 | 1894 | Yamato | Empire of Japan | M | Arrested Terminated a pregnancy | [42] | |||
Hideo Hosoda | Nov. | 1938 | Shijōnawate, Osaka | Empire of Japan | Committed suicide | |||||
Mohammed Naji Ahmed al-Amari (محمد ناجي أحمد العماري) | Aug. 19/21 | 2012 | Qataba | Yemen | F | Killed Killed a person in 2008 | [43] | |||
Abdu Ahmed Mohammed Nasser Al Harazi, 44 (عبده أحمد محمد ناصر الحرزي) | July 7 | 2008 | Aden | Yemen | F | Died while awaiting trial Killed one and wounded several others in a similar incident a few years prior | [44] | |||
Two unknown men | Jan. 6 | 2017 | Tala Wa Barfak | Afghanistan | F | [45] | ||||
Kato, Tomohiro, (加藤智大) | June 8 | 2008 | Tokyo | Japan | MV | Sentenced to death and executed | ||||
Nguyen Tai Kiem, 44 | Dec. 19 | 2002 | Bac Me District | Vietnam | M | [46] | ||||
Two Unknown Soldiers [47] | July 29 | 1997 | Thừa Thiên–Huế Province | Vietnam | F | Both committed suicide | [48] | |||
Two unknown men | June | 2000 | Aal Baseer | Yemen | F | Both were killed | [49] | |||
Cheon, --- 47 (천) | Sept. 13 | 2004 | Yesan | South Korea | M | Arrested | [50] | |||
Unknown | Dec. 6 | 1969 | Kalgi | India | M | [51] | ||||
Bekçe, Yiğit, 29 Karahasan, Mehmet, 24 | Oct. 20–23 | 2006 | Kocaeli, Ankara, Mersin, Adana, Bursa | Turkey | F | Both sentenced to life imprisonment Karahasan killed a man in 1996 | [52] | |||
Oct. 17/19 | 1989 | Tel Aviv & Jaffa | Israel | M | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [53] | ||||
Unknown | Feb. 7 | 1900 | Mount Myōgi | Empire of Japan | M | Killed | [54] | |||
Unknown[55] | 1916 | Chanda | British Raj | F | Committed suicide | [56] | ||||
Takeo Kitahara | March | 1939 | Empire of Japan | M | Arrested | [57] | ||||
Unknown | Jan. | 1967 | New Delhi | India | F | Killed by police | [58] | |||
Sohrab Aslam Khan, 42 | Nov. 13/20 | 1986 | Lahore | Pakistan | F | Arrested Allegedly killed six other people until Dec. 9, 1986 | [59] | |||
Unknown | Nov. | 1996 | Pakistan | [60] | ||||||
Lavrikov, --- Frolov, --- | Aug. 9–12 | 1997 | Almaty | Kazakhstan | F | One committed suicide, the other arrested | [61] | |||
Unknown | Oct. 15 | 1997 | Yemen | F | [62] | |||||
Rha Sung-jong, 22 | May 11 | 1973 | Seoul & Jeonju | South Korea | F | Committed suicide | [63] | |||
Unknown | June 3 | 2008 | Al-Sail | Saudi Arabia | F | Arrested | [64] | |||
Unknown | June. 9 | 2022 | Daegu | South Korea | A | Died in the fire | ||||
Unknown | July. 16 | 2024 | Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok | Thailand | P | Suspected murder-suicide according to police | ||||
Unknown | March | 1957 | Bikaner | India | F | Arrested | [65] | |||
Unknown Soldier | May 17 | 1985 | Anuradhapura | Sri Lanka | F | Killed by soldiers | [66] | |||
Mohammad A., 65 | Aug. 24 | 2009 | Shahriar | Iran | F | Arrested | [67] | |||
Mohammad Saeed, 50 | July 23 | 2018 | Darot | Pakistan | F | Committed suicide | [68] | |||
Jamshid Soleimani, 60 | Oct. | 2002 | Mahallat | Iran | FA | Committed suicide | [69] | |||
Unknown | June 24 | 1878 | Hyderabad | British Raj | F | Killed by soldiers | [70] | |||
Unknown | 1900s | Manpaung & Upper Magyibin | British Raj | M | Sentenced to death; later changed to life imprisonment | [71] | ||||
King Kyung-yul | Jan. 18 | 1971 | Kimpo | South Korea | FE | Committed suicide | [72] | |||
Ali Ali Rasheed (علي علي رشيد) | June 10 | 2011 | Hamalan | Yemen | F | Arrested | [73] | |||
Unknown | March 3 | 1930 | Bangkok | Thailand | Committed suicide | [74] | ||||
Unknown Police Officer | Dec. 7 | 1967 | Savannakhet | Laos | M | [75] | ||||
Hatakeyama, Ikuya, 31 (畠山育也) | Nov. 6 | 1975 | Aki | Japan | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [76] | |||
Jitjantuk, Veera, 42 (วีระ จิตร์จันทึก) | Oct. 27 | 1997 | Non Dang | Thailand | F | Sentenced to death | [77] | |||
Unknown, 26 | Jan. 11 | 2017 | Arak | Iran | F | Sentenced to death and executed | [78] | |||
Hsiao, --- | Jan. 24/25 | 1965 | Taichung | Taiwan | F | Perished in the fire | [79] | |||
Unknown | Feb. 8 | 1921 | Bombay | British Raj | M | Arrested | [80] | |||
Duleswar Barik | Jan. 8 | 2003 | Alapata | India | M | Sentenced to death | [81] | |||
Dhankar, Naresh Kumar, 45 | Jan. 2 | 2018 | Palwal | India | M | Sentenced to death | [82] | |||
Unknown | Dec. | 1975 | Thailand | F | [83] | |||||
Unknown | Jan. | 1984 | Kathmandu | Nepal | M | Arrested | [84] | |||
Sarath, P.G. | Aug. 22 | 1999 | Sri Lanka | F | Committed suicide | [85] | ||||
Rati Ram | Nov. 27/28 | 1930 | Mudon | British Raj | F | Committed suicide | [86] | |||
Nakane, F., 31 | April | 1922 | Tongsakli | Korea | M | Killed by angry mob | [87] | |||
Unknown Sailor | 1870s | Muscat | Oman | M | Killed | [88] | ||||
Unknown | Nov. 6 | 1845 | Bombay | British Raj | M | Arrested | [89] | |||
Ahn In-deuk, 42 (안인득) | April 17 | 2019 | South Korea | MA | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |||||
Mustapha | Jan. 30 | 1895 | Constantinople | Ottoman Empire | M | Sentenced to death Later changed to 15 years in prison | [90] | |||
Uwabe, Yasuaki, 35 (上部康明) | Sept. 29 | 1999 | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi | Japan | MV | Sentenced to death and executed | [91] | |||
Jeong Sang-jin, 30 (정상진) | Oct. 20 | 2008 | Seoul | South Korea | MA | Sentenced to death One more died by jumping out of a window | [92] | |||
Unknown Police Officer | April | 1888 | Rajcote | British Raj | M | Arrested | [93] | |||
Unknown, 45 | July 30 | 1970 | Hanumanpalli | India | M | [94] | ||||
Ko Yone, 42 | April 4 | 2016 | Thanbyuzayat | Myanmar | F | Killed by police | [95] | |||
Cheng Chieh, 21 (鄭捷) | May 21 | 2014 | New Taipei City | Taiwan | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [96] | |||
Jubran Musa’id Qassim Ash-shami, 20 | Jan. 10 | 2001 | Yanour | Yemen | F | [97] | ||||
Lieu Zang-hyung | May 2 | 1916 | Shanghai | Republic of China | F | Killed by police | [98] | |||
Unknown Soldier | March | 1975 | Prachinburi | Thailand | F | [99] | ||||
Unknown, 50 | June 7 | 1868 | Trebizond | Ottoman Empire | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [100] | |||
Unknown | Feb. | 2001 | Shueib | Yemen | F | [101] | ||||
Ting Yung | June 21 | 1934 | Beiping | Republic of China | F | Arrested | [102] | |||
Abdul-Fattah Saleh Ali Al-Ghamri, 34 (ويدعى عبد الفتاح القمري) | June 11 | 2004 | Jabal Al-Lessi | Yemen | F | Killed by police Al-Ghamri's sister killed during shootout | [103] | |||
Unknown, 40 | Sept. 8 | 1982 | Sukkur | Pakistan | M | [104] | ||||
Unknown | May 24 | 1964 | Tai Po | British Hong Kong | F | Killed by police | [105] | |||
Phoe Htin | Sept. 17 | 1991 | Yangon | Myanmar | M | [106] | ||||
Meksawat, Kiartipong, (เกียรติพงศ์ เมฆสวัสดิ์) | May 23 | 2007 | Pathum Thani | Thailand | FM | Killed by police | [107] | |||
Trutassanawin, Phasid, 14 | Oct. 3 | 2023 | Bangkok | Thailand | F | Arrested |
Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional Notes | Ref. | |
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Kido, Kumatarō, 36 Tani, Yagorō | May 25 | 1893 | Osaka | Empire of Japan | FM | Both committed suicide | ||||
Huang Zhiheng, 50 (黃志恆) | August 4 | 1985 | Iao Hon | Portuguese Macau | M | Committed suicide while awaiting trial Killed a man in 1973 | ||||
Akşit, Nurettin, 28[108] | August 11 | 1986 | Dağmarmara | Turkey | FA | Sentenced to life imprisonment Released from prison in 2003 | [109] | |||
Nakamura, Kiichiro, 36[110] (中村喜市郎) | September 7 | 1954 | Toyotsu | Japan | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [111] | |||
Unknown | April 25 | 2008 | Aqrah | Iraq | F | Committed suicide | [112] | |||
Kumar, Sanjeev Poonia, Sonia, 20 | August 23 | 2001 | Hisar | India | M | Both sentenced to death; later changed to life imprisonment | ||||
Unknown | April 2 | 1948 | Fukagawa | Japan | M | [113] | ||||
Unknown | April 24 | 1930 | Shanghai | Republic of China | M | Arrested | [114] | |||
Maksim Lyamin, 20 (Максим Лямин) Alexander Pashchenko (Александр Пащенко) | March 19 | 2011 | Surıptaw | Kazakhstan | M | Lyamin sentenced to life imprisonment Pashchenko sentenced to 20 years in prison | [115] | |||
Rahul Soni, 22 (राहुल सोनी) | May 21 | 2013 | Ghaziabad | India | M | Arrested | [116] | |||
Permyakov, Valery Pavlovich, 18 (Пермяков, Валерий Павлович) | January 1 | 2015 | Gyumri | Armenia | FM | Sentenced to life imprisonment | ||||
Takazawa, Kumajiro, 72 | May 12 | 1912 | Kurohone | Empire of Japan | FM | [117] | ||||
Ramachandran, 30 | February 1/2 | 1954 | Anuradhapura | Sri Lanka | F | Committed suicide | [118] | |||
Chou Shin-Hsiang, 32 | August 22 | 1965 | Taipeh | Taiwan | M | Arrested | [119] | |||
Unknown | June 10 | 1946 | Samsun | Turkey | F | Terminated a pregnancy Killed a man eight years prior | [120] | |||
Unknown | January 9 | 1951 | Minamikawachi District, Osaka | Japan | MA | [121] | ||||
Sakae Sato, 22 (佐藤栄) | June 4 | 1959 | Kutchan | Japan | M | Arrested | [122] | |||
Antony, 62 | January 6 | 2001 | Aluva | India | Sentenced to death | [123] | ||||
Karlik, Damian, 38 (דמיאן קרליק) | October 17 | 2009 | Rishon LeZion | Israel | MA | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [124] | |||
Nakada Ludeña, Vayron Jonathan, 30 | September 14/16 | 2015 | Kumagaya | Japan | M | Sentenced to death | [125] |
Name | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional notes | Ref. | |
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Abd al-Hadi Ghanim, 25 (شخص واحد) | July 6 | 1989 | Kiryat Ye'arim | Israel | V | Sentenced to 16 life sentences | ||||
Unknown | Dec. | 1965 | Syria | V | Arrested | [126] | ||||
Santosh Maruti Mane, 40 (संतोष मारुति माने) | Jan. 25 | 2012 | Pune | India | V | Sentenced to death | [127] | |||
Khalil Abu Olbeh, 35 (خليل أبو علبة) | Feb. 14 | 2001 | Azor | Israel | V | Sentenced to eight life terms plus 21 years | ||||
Unknown, 26 | Oct. | 1996 | Hòa Bình | Vietnam | V | Committed suicide | [128] | |||
Takeuchi, Keisuke (accused) | July 15 | 1949 | Mitaka | Japan | V | Died while awaiting execution | ||||
Unknown pilot | Aug. 26 | 2008 | Trincomalee | Sri Lanka | V | Escaped | ||||
Fadi al-Qanbar, 28 (فادي القنبر) | Jan. 8 | 2017 | East Jerusalem, West Bank | Palestine | V | Killed by police | ||||
Mohammed Faruz Abdallah, 33 | Nov. 1 | 1970 | Karachi | Pakistan | V | Sentenced to death | ||||
Serkov, Vladimir Fedorovich, 23 (Серков, Владимир Федорович) | Sept. 26 | 1976 | Novosibirsk | Soviet Union | V | Died in the crash | [129] | |||
Hussam Taysir Dwayat, 32 (حسام دويات) | July 2 | 2008 | Jerusalem | Israel | V | Killed by police | ||||
Nguyễn Văn Cử, 28 Phạm Phú Quốc, 27 | Feb. 27 | 1962 | Saigon | South Vietnam | V | Quốc arrested, Cử escaped | ||||
Ho Chung-ming, 36 | Aug. 30 | 1964 | Taipei | Taiwan | V | Sentenced to death | [130] |
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)