List of rampage killers (familicides in Oceania and Maritime Southeast Asia)

This is a list of mass or spree killers in Oceania and Maritime Southeast Asia that committed familicides. 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]

The victims must have been majority 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.

Rampage killers

Perpetrator Date Year Location Country Killed Injured W Additional Notes Ref.
1. Andangan* 21 Oct. 1921 Cotabato Philippines
11
0
  M Committed suicide [6]
2. Bartholomew, Clifford Cecil, 40* 6 Sept. 1971 Hope Forest, South Australia Australia
10
0
 F Sentenced to 20 years in prison [7]
3. Gaeta, Gregorio, 27 Oct. 1952 Sariaya, Quezon Philippines
8
1
 Arrested [8]
4. Thaiday, Raina Mersane Ina, 34 18–19 Dec. 2014 Cairns, Queensland Australia
8
0
  M Found mentally unfit to stand trial
5. Ratima, Raymond Wahia, 25 26 June 1992 Masterton New Zealand
7
2
  M Sentenced to life imprisonment
Terminated a pregnancy		 [9]
6. Ngah Ghafur 14 Dec. 1898 Bota Malaysia
7
1
  MA Sentenced to death and executed [10]
7. Langobon, Jerry, 30* 18 Jan. 2002 Siayan Philippines
7
1
  M Arrested [11]
8. Pagkay, Gardo, 25* 22 July 1968 Cotabato City Philippines
7
0
  M Committed suicide [12]
9. Imam Mamat, 40 11/13 Feb. 1891 Pasir Garam Malaysia
6
4
  M Killed
Terminated two pregnancies		 [13]
10. Yang Tai Chong, 21* 6/7 March 1966 Singapore
6
4
  M Found not guilty by reason of insanity [14]
11. Ong Kok, 34* 11 Sept. 1930 Tampines Singapore
6
2
  M Committed suicide [15]
12. Angeles, Vicente, 31* 19 May 1957 Manila Philippines
6
1
 F Committed suicide [16]
13. Sornsung, Sucheep, 41
(สุชีพ ศรสังข์)		 1 Jan. 2019 Phato District Thailand
6
1
 F Committed suicide [17]
14. Thyer, Joseph, 44* 11 Oct. 1896 Cavanagh, South Australia Australia
6
0
  M Committed suicide [18]
15. Glover, Catherine Mary, 34* 1 March 1898 Triabunna, Tasmania Australia
6
0
  M Committed suicide [19]
16. Baxter, James Reid, 43* 8 April 1908 Invercargill New Zealand
6
0
  M Committed suicide [20]
17. Archer, Andrew Thomas Edgar, 49* 26 Feb. 1929 Don, Tasmania Australia
6
0
  MA Committed suicide [21]
18. Davies, Roderick A., 36* 21 Aug. 1931 Perth, Western Australia Australia
6
0
 F Committed suicide [22]
19. Hall, Frederick Charles, 48* 2 July 1948 Glen Innes, New South Wales Australia
6
0
 F Sentenced to death [23]
20. Armanasco, Raymond, 40* 12 Oct. 1950 Perth, Western Australia Australia
6
0
  M Sentenced to death [24]
21. Darnley, Joyce* 5/6 May 1964 Sydney Australia
6
0
  P Committed suicide [25]
22. Unknown, 30* 24 Dec. 1966 Santa Cruz Philippines
6
0
  M Arrested [26]
23. Schlaepfer, Brian, 64* 20 May 1992 Pukekohe New Zealand
6
0
 FM Committed suicide [27]
24. Ram Chandar, 34* 8 Jan. 1994 Togomasi Fiji
6
0
  M Sentenced to 120 years in prison [28]
25. May, Peter, 32* 25 Jan. 1996 Hillcrest, Queensland Australia
6
0
 F Committed suicide [29]
26. Rivas Roldan, Errol, 27* 25 Feb. 2012 Bulwang Philippines
6
0
  M Arrested [30]
27. Catoy, Pepito, 32* 8 April 2012 Panampalay Philippines
6
0
  M Arrested [31]
28. Miles, Peter, 61* 11 May 2018 Osmington, Western Australia Australia
6
0
 F Committed suicide [32]

Abbreviations and footnotes

* – 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, 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)

References

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  4. ^ Krouse, William J.; Richardson, Daniel J. (30 July 2015). Mass Murder with Firearms: Incidents and Victims, 1999–2013 (PDF) (Report). Congressional Research Service. p. 26.
  5. ^ Booty, Marisa; O’Dwyer, Jayne; Webster, Daniel; McCourt, Alex; Crifasi, Cassandra (2019). "Describing a "mass shooting": the role of databases in understanding burden". Injury Epidemiology. 6 (47): 47. doi:10.1186/s40621-019-0226-7. PMC 6889601. PMID 31828004.
  6. ^ Moro Runs Amuck With Bolo Among Members of His Family, The Washington Post (22 October 1921)
    – Runs wild, kills 11 before taking own life, The Lewiston Daily Sun (22 October 1921)
    – Moro goes mad; kills off entire family, The Morning Leader (27 October 1921)
    – Runs amuck; twelve killed, The Van Wert Daily Bulletin (22 October 1921)
    – Moro kills family of 11, ends own life, Syracuse Herald (23 October 1921)
  7. ^ 40-year-old meatworks employee Clifford C. Bartholomew shot his wife Heather, their seven children, as well as his wife's sister and her son with a .22-caliber rifle in their dairy farm at Hope Forest, about 35 miles south of Adelaide.
    Source: Father held in butchery: 10 murdered, Press-Telegram (7 September 1971)
    – The Snowtown Murders – A Familiar Horror
    – Father charged after 10 killed, The Age (7 September 1971)
  8. ^ Waanzinnige doodt acht familieleden, Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (31 October 1952)
    – "Aux Philippines un fou massacre sa famille". Journal de Genève (in Swiss French). No. 256. AFP. 31 October 1952. p. 10. Retrieved 14 July 2024 – via Le Temps Archives.
  9. ^ Raymond Wahia Ratima at crime.co.nz
    – Brinded, Philip & Taylor, Antony: A mass killing in New Zealand in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 1995, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp 316–320
  10. ^ Amok in Perak, The Straits Times (27 December 1898)
    – Short News,The Straits Times (31 December 1898)
    – Short News, The Straits Times (4 April 1899)
    – Fifty Years Ago – From the Straits Times of Jan. 7, 1899, The Straits Times (7 January 1949)
  11. ^ Man hacks dead wife, 3 children, Philippine Daily Inquirer (23 January 2002)
    – Family of 7 massacred, Manila Standard (23 January 2002)
    – Farmer hacks seven relatives to death, The Straits Times (23 January 2002)
  12. ^ Kills family, self, The Milwaukee Sentinel (23 July 1968)
    – Slays family and self, Lodi News Sentinel (24 July 1968)
    – Philippijnse boer maakte amok[permanent dead link‍], Zierikzeesche Nieuwsbode (23 July 1968)
    – Un fou tue 7 personnes et se suicide, L'Impartial (23 July 1968)
  13. ^ Kua, E. H. & Sulaimi Mohd S.: Amok – From the Writings of Sir Frank Swettenham; Singapore Medical Journal (Vol. 40/1999)
    – AMOK! AMOK!, The Straits Times (5 July 1927)
    – Part IV, Straits Times Weekly Issue (12 September 1893)
  14. ^ Son No. 1 charged with murder of six in family, The Straits Times (8 March 1966)
    – Tragic children are buried, The Straits Times (9 March 1966)
    – Charged with murder of his family, The Straits Times (15 October 1975)
    – Man accused of killing parents and four others goes on trial after 10 years in hospital, The Straits Times (6 April 1976)
    – Man who killed six was insane, rules court, The Straits Times (7 April 1976)
  15. ^ Ghastly Tragedy at Tampenis, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (13 September 1930)
    – The Tampenis Road Tragedy, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (16 September 1930)
    – Terrible crime in Singapore, The Straits Times (12 September 1930)
    – Tampenis Road Tragedy, The Straits Times (26 September 1930)
    – Murder and suicide, The Straits Times (29 September 1930)
  16. ^ Amok slays six, The Straits Times (21 May 1957)
  17. ^ Mass shooting HORROR in Thailand as man GUNS DOWN 7 people, Daily Express (January 1, 2019)
    [1]
  18. ^ A terrible tragedy – A sheep farmer murders his wife and five children, The West Australian (14 October 1896)
    – The Brisbane Courier – Thursday, October 13, 1896, The Brisbane Courier (13 October 1896)
    – A dreadful tragedy – Murder of a wife and five children, The Brisbane Courier (15 October 1896)
  19. ^ A Terrible Tragedy – A mother murders six children, The West Australian (3 March 1898)
    – The Tasmanian Tragedy – Later Particulars, The West Australian (4 March 1898)
    – The Tasmanian Tragedy – Results of Inquests, The West Australian (5 March 1898)
    – The Tasmanian Tragedy – Three Bodies Exhumed, The West Australian (15 March 1898)
    – The Triabunna Tragedy- A Municipal Inquiry, The West Australian (6 April 1898)
  20. ^ Ghastly Tragedy – Madman attacks his family, The Argus (9 April 1908)
    – Tragedy at Invercargill, Tuapeka Times (11 April 1908)
    – Terrible Tragedy – The Invercargill Sensation, Evening Post (9 April 1908)
    – Invercargill Tragedy – Murderer's Insanity, Hawera & Normanby Star (14 April 1908)
    – Local & General – Phyllis Baxter, Tuapeka Times (25 April 1908)
    – The Invercargill Tragedy – Baxter's Will, Evening Post (12 June 1908)
  21. ^ Family perish in fire – Murder arson, and suicide, The Canberra Times (27 February 1929)
    – Father's crime, The Brisbane Courier (20 March 1929)
  22. ^ Family tragedy, The Sydney Morning Herald (22 August 1931)
  23. ^ Demented father shoots 6 children, The Canberra Times (3 July 1948)
    – Killer of 6 convicted, The Sydney Morning Herald (1 September 1948)
  24. ^ Mother and five children are slain, Toledo Blade (13 October 1950)
    – Woman, five children murdered in W.A.: Man questioned, The Canberra Times (14 October 1950)
    – Man charged with murder of family, The Canberra Times (16 October 1950)
    – Death sentence for murderer of son, The Advertiser (20 December 1950)
    – Armanasco appeal – "Conjecture" about mental condition, The West Australian (2 March 1951)
    – Armanasco refused leave to appeal, The West Australian (22 March 1951)
  25. ^ Gas kills family of seven, The Sydney Morning Herald (8 May 1964)
    – Most fascinating crimes, The Sydney Morning Herald (13 February 1965)
    – Gas kills seven, note found, The Age (7 May 1964)
  26. ^ Farmer kills six, The Leader-Post (30 December 1966)
  27. ^ The Schlaepfer Family Massacre at crime.co.nz
    – New Zealand man kills 6, then himself, Spokane Chronicle (20 May 1992)
    – Day of slaughter on family farm, The New Zealand Herald (19 May 2007)
  28. ^ Six life terms, The Straits Times (2 May 1995)
    – All those painful memories, Fiji Times (7 September 2008)
  29. ^ Brits in horror, Sunday Mail (28 January 1996)
  30. ^ Deranged man kills 5 relatives in Aklan, ABS-CBN (25 February 2012)
    – Mentally deranged man kills 5 in Aklan, Philippine Daily Inquirer (25 February 2012)
    – Amok kills 5 in Aklan Archived 19 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, tempo.com.ph (26 February 2012)
    – Lone survivor sa Aklan massacre, pumanaw na Archived 7 April 2013 at archive.today, Bombo Radyo Philippines (15 March 2012)
    – Mentally-ill man burns own house Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, iloilonewstoday.com (14 September 2011)
    – Massacre in Aklan Archived 31 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine, iloilonewstoday.com (27 February 2012)
    – Lone survivor in Aklan massacre passes away Archived 31 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine, iloilonewstoday.com (16 March 2012)
  31. ^ Man kills wife, 5 kids Archived 8 July 2012 at archive.today, ABS-CBN (12 April 2012)
    – Mentally ill man kills wife, 5 children, Sun.Star (10 April 2012)
    – Zamboanga man kills wife, 5 children Archived 31 January 2013 at archive.today, The Philippine Star (11 April 2012)
  32. ^ Father of children killed in Australia mass shooting says their grandfather planned the attack, Washington Post (13 May 2018)