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

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This section of the list of rampage killers contains notable 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. Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, Mohamed Salmene, 31
(محمد سلمان الحويج بوهلال)		 July 14 2016 Nice France France
86
458
 F V Killed by police
2. Breivik, Anders Behring, 32 July 22 2011 Oslo & Utøya Norway Norway
75
241
 F E Sentenced to 21 years in prison
Two more died trying to escape
3. Tarrant, Brenton Harrison, 28 March 15 2019 Christchurch New Zealand New Zealand
51
40
 F Sentenced to life without parole
4. Mateen, Omar Mir Seddique, 29 June 12 2016 Orlando, Florida United States United States
49
53
 F Killed by police
5. Yacoubi, Seifeddine Rezgui, 22
(سيف الدين رزقي اليعقوبي)		 June 26 2015 Sousse Tunisia Tunisia
38
39
 F E Killed by police
6. Morral Roca, Mateu, 25 May 31 / June 2 1906 Madrid Spain Spain
30
100+
 F E Committed suicide
7. Two unknown men August 24 2010 Mogadishu Somalia Somalia
30
5+
 F E Both committed suicide
8. Crusius, Patrick Wood, 21 (suspect) August 3 2019 El Paso, Texas United States United States
23
23
 F Arrested
9. Abbas al-Baqir Abbas, 33
(عباس الباقر عباس)		 December 8 2000 Jarafa Sudan Sudan
22
31
 F Killed by police
10. Two unknown men November 20 2015 Bamako Mali Mali
20
7–9
 F E Both killed by soldiers
11. Fieschi, Giuseppe Marco, 44 July 28 1835 Paris France France
18
22
 F Sentenced to death and executed
Also killed a horse
12. Unknown Dec. 18 1936 Monte Aprazível Brazil Brazil
16
?
 F Arrested
13. Farook, Syed Rizwan, 28
Malik, Tashfeen, 29		 December 2 2015 San Bernardino, California United States United States
14
24
 F Both killed by police
14. Lardanchet, Jean-Pierre, 36
Friedli, André, 39		 December 15/16 1995 Vercors France France
14
0
 FMO Both committed suicide
15. Amri, Anis Ben Othman, 24
(أنيس العامري)		 December 19 2016 Berlin
Milan		 Germany Germany
Italy Italy
12
57
 FMV Killed by police
16. Kouachi, Saïd, 34
Kouachi, Chérif, 32		 January 7 2015 Paris France France
12
11
 F Both killed by police
17. Unknown December 29 2017 Cairo Egypt Egypt
11
10
 F Arrested
Suspected of other attacks
18. Bowers, Robert Gregory, 46 (suspect) October 27 2018 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States United States
11
6
 F Arrested
19. Rathjen, Tobias, 43 February 19 2020 Hanau Germany Germany
10
5
 F Committed suicide
Terminated a pregnancy
20. Essex, Mark James Robert, 23 Dec. 31 /
January 7		 1972–3 New Orleans, Louisiana United States United States
9
13
 F A Killed by police
21. Sonboly, David, 18 July 22 2016 Munich Germany Germany
9
4
 F Committed suicide
22. Roof, Dylann Storm, 21 June 17 2015 Charleston, South Carolina United States United States
9
1
 F Sentenced to death
23. Unknown July 11 1988 Cruise ship City of Poros Greece Greece
8
98
 F E Committed suicide
24. Strydom, Barend Hendrik, 23 November 15 1988 De Deur & Pretoria South Africa South Africa
8
16
 F Sentenced to death plus 30 years [2]
25. Suleiman Mohammed Abdul-Hamid Khater, 24
(سليمان خاطر)		 October 5 1985 Ras Burqa Egypt Egypt
8
4
 F Sentenced to life imprisonment [3]
26. Unknown[n 1] 1924 Drew, Mississippi United States United States
7–8
?
 F Unsolved [4]
27. Merah, Mohammed, 23
(محمد مراح)		 March 11–22 2012 Toulouse & Montauban France France
7
6
 F Killed by police
28. Smith, Roland James, 51 December 8 1995 New York City, New York United States United States
7
4
 F A Committed suicide
29. Page, Wade Michael, 40 August 5 2012 Oak Creek, Wisconsin United States United States
7
3
 F Committed suicide
One of the victims died in 2020; attributed to this event		 [5]
30. Charles, Robert, 35 July 23–27 1900 New Orleans United States United States
6
20+
 F Killed by angry mob or killed by police
31. Ferguson, Colin, 35 December 7 1993 Garden City, New York United States United States
6
19
 F Sentenced to 315 years and 8 months to life imprisonment
32. Bissonnette, Alexandre, 27 January 29 2017 Quebec City, Quebec Canada Canada
6
19
 F Sentenced to life imprisonment
33. Two unknown men December 14 1998 Peć Serbia and Montenegro FR Yugoslavia
6
15
 F Unsolved
34. Two unknown men June 18 1994 Loughinisland, Northern Ireland United Kingdom United Kingdom
6
5
 F Unsolved
35. Two unknown men July 2 1976 Antrim, Northern Ireland United Kingdom United Kingdom
6
3
 F Unsolved
36. Shafik al-Arid, 22
Talal Khantourah, 21		 August 5 1973 Athens Greece Greece
5
55
 F E Pleaded guilty [6]
37. Masood, Khalid, 52 March 22 2017 London, England United Kingdom United Kingdom
5
49
  MV Killed by police
38. Coulibaly, Amedy, 32 January 7–9 2015 Montrouge & Porte de Vincennes France France
5
11
 F Killed by police
39. Johnson, Micah Xavier, 25 July 7 2016 Dallas, Texas United States United States
5
11
 F Killed by police
40. Chekatt, Chérif, 29 December 11 2018 Strasbourg France France
5
11
 FM Killed by police
41. Two unknown men February 5 1992 Belfast, Northern Ireland United Kingdom United Kingdom
5
9
 F Unsolved
42. Elosegi, José Javier Zabaleta
Irujo, Juan María Tapia		 November 3 1980 Zarautz Spain Spain
5
5
 F Elosegi sentenced to 200 years in prison
Irujo sentenced to 66 years in prison
43. Fejzullai, Kujtim, 20 November 2 2020 Vienna Austria Austria
4
23
 FM Killed by police
44. Lakdim, Redouane, 25 March 23 2018 Carcassonne & Trèbes France France
4
15
 FM Killed by police
45. Bešlić, Borislav, 41[n 1] June 18 1994 Osijek Croatia Croatia
4
8
 F Arrested [7]
46. Nel, Johan, 18 January 14 2008 Skierlik South Africa South Africa
4
8
 F Sentenced to life imprisonment
Also killed one ostrich		 [8]
47. Mullah Abdullah, 60
Gool, Badsha Mahommed, 40		 January 1 1915 Broken Hill, New South Wales Australia Australia
4
7
 F Both killed by police [9]
48. French, Kenneth Junior, 22[n 1] August 6 1993 Fayetteville United States United States
4
7
 F Sentenced to life imprisonment [10]
49. Hamza Hassan Mohamed, 29 August 25 2021 Dar es Salaam Tanzania
4
6
 F Killed by police [11]
50. Stone, Michael, 32 March 16 1988 Belfast, Northern Ireland United Kingdom United Kingdom
3
60+
 F E Sentenced to 682 years in prison
51. Legan, Santino William, 19 July 28 2019 Gilroy United States United States
3
17
 F Committed suicide
52. Lambright, Donald Martin, 30 April 5 1969 Harrisburg United States United States
3
15
 F Committed suicide [12]
53. Lortie, Denis, 25 May 8 1984 Quebec City, Quebec Canada Canada
3
13
 F Sentenced to life imprisonment
54. Dear, Robert Lewis, 57 November 27 2015 Colorado Springs, Colorado United States United States
3
9
 F Found mentally unfit to stand trial
55. Marwen Hasan, 25
Hesham Mohammed Rajeh, 21		 August 29 1981 Vienna Austria Austria
2
30
 F E Both sentenced to life imprisonment
Rajeh killed a man on May 1, 1981
56. Princip, Gavrilo, 19
Čabrinović, Nedeljko, 19		 June 28 1914 Sarajevo Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary
2
16
 F E Both sentenced to 20 years in prison
57. Two unknown men August 5 1980 Lyon France France
2
11
 F
58. Smith, Benjamin Nathaniel, 21 July 2–4 1999 Chicago, Skokie & Decatur, Illinois
Bloomington, Indiana		 United States United States
2
10
 F Committed suicide

Abbreviations and footnotes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c 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. ^ Umoja, Akinyele Omowale (2003), We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement, New York University Press, ISBN 9780814725245
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Staff writers (24 January 1974). "2 Arabs Face Athens Court, Plead Guilty". Eugene Register-Guard. United Press International. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  7. ^ The bloody graduation night, (June 23, 1994)
    – Krvava maturantska noc, (June 22, 1994)
    – Likvidirao obitelj jer žena nije htjela preseliti na selo? Archived 2010-01-13 at the Wayback Machine, Novi list (May 26, 2009)
  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[dead link], 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', (August 9, 1993)
    – Restaurant killings stun cops, The Mount Airy News (August 9, 1993)
    – Friends say accused killer troubled, (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. ^ [1]
    [2]
    [3]
  12. ^ 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)
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