List of school massacres by death toll

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This is a list of school massacres by death toll.

School massacres
# Name Date Year Location Country Killed Injured W Perpetrator Terroristic organisations act Fate of perpetrator(s) Ref.
1. Santa María School massacre Dec. 21 1907 Iquique  Chile
2,000
?
 F Chilean Army No 300 killed
2. Beslan school siege Sept. 1 2004 Beslan, North Ossetia-Alania  Russia
334
800+
 FME Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs Yes Most killed by special forces, one captured and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment
3. Dacca University massacre March 25 1971 Dhaka Pakistan East Pakistan
200
?
 FA Al - Badr No [1][2]
4. Eastern University massacre Sept. 5 1990 Chenkalady  Sri Lanka
158
?
 F Sri Lankan Army No None [3]
5. Peshawar school massacre Dec. 16 2014 Peshawar  Pakistan
149
114
 FME Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Yes 4 hanged and 2 committed suicide
6. Garissa University College attack April 2 2015 Garissa  Kenya
148
79
 F al-Shabaab Yes 4 killed and 5 arrested
7. Kabul school bombing May 8 2021 Kabul  Afghanistan
90
240
 E Disputed Yes
8. Nagerkovil school bombing Sept. 22 1995 Jaffna  Sri Lanka
71
150
 O Sri Lanka Air Force No None
9. Walisongo School Massacre May 28 2000 Poso, Central Sulawesi  Indonesia
70
?
 FM Catholic militants Yes Executed [4]
10. Kyanguli Fire Tragedy March 24 2001 Machakos County  Kenya
67
?
 A Davis Onyango Opiyo, Felix Mambo Ngumbao (school students) No Arrested
11. Buni Yadi Federal Government College massacre Feb. 25 2014 Yobe State  Nigeria
59
?
 FMA Boko Haram suspected Yes
12. Thammasat University massacre Oct. 6 1976 Sanam Luang  Thailand
46–100+
167
 FO Police, army and right-wing paramilitary: Red Gaurs, Nawaphon, and Village Scouts No None
13. Chencholai bombing Aug. 14 2006 Mullaitivu  Sri Lanka
61
155
 O Sri Lanka Air Force[5] No None
14. Aleppo Artillery School massacre June 16 1979 Aleppo  Syria
50–83
?
 FE Muslim Brotherhood Yes Escaped
15. Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing April 8 1970 Bahr el-Baqar, Sharqia  Egypt
46
50+
 E Israeli Air Force No None
16. Bath School disaster[a] May 18 1927 Bath Township, MI  United States
44
58
 E Andrew Kehoe, 55 No Suicide
19. Fanglin Village primary school explosion March 6 2001 Wanzai County, Jiangxi  China
42
27
 E Li Chuicai, 33 No Suicide
Mpondwe school massacre June 16 2023 Mpondwe  Uganda
42
8
 EM Allied Democratic Forces Yes 2 terrorists killed, 20 people who collaborated with the ADF arrested
Mamudo school massacre July 6 2013 Mamudo, Yobe State  Nigeria
42
6+
 FA Boko Haram Yes Escaped
21. Nong Bua Lamphu massacre Oct. 6 2022 Na Klang district, Nong Bua Lamphu  Thailand
36
10
 FMV Panya Khamrab (ปัญญา คำราบ) No Suicide
September 2022 Kabul school bombing Sept. 30 2022 Kabul  Afghanistan
36
82
 E Yes Suicide
22. Virginia Tech shooting April 16 2007 Blacksburg, VA  United States
32
17
 F Seung-Hui Cho (조승희), 23 No Suicide
24. Ma'alot massacre May 15 1974 Ma'alot  Israel
31
70
 FM Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Yes Killed by police
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting[a] Dec. 14 2012 Newtown, CT  United States
27
2
 F Adam Lanza, 20 No Suicide
25. Gîsca school bombing April 4 1950 Gîsca, Moldavia  Soviet Union 23 ? E Vladimir Tatarnikov, 29 No Suicide
26. Bacha Khan University attack Jan. 20 2016 Charsadda  Pakistan 22+ ? FE Tehrik-i-Taliban Yes N [6]
27. Uvalde school shooting May 24 2022 Uvalde, TX  United States
21
18
 F Salvador Rolando Ramos, 18 No Killed by border patrol tactical team [7]
28. Kerch Polytechnic College massacre Oct. 17 2018 Kerch, Crimea  Russia /  Ukraine
20
70
 FE Vladislav Roslyakov, 18 No Suicide
30. 2004 Dhemaji school bombing Aug. 15 2004 Dhemaji, Assam  India
18
40
 E United Liberation Front of Assam[8] Yes
Izhevsk school shooting Sept. 26 2022 Izhevsk, Udmurtia  Russia
18
23
 F Artyom Kazantsev, 34 No Suicide
33. University of Texas tower shooting[a] Aug. 1 1966 Austin, TX  United States
15
31
 F Charles Whitman, 25 No Killed by police
Parkland high school shooting Feb. 14 2018 Parkland, FL  United States
17
17
 F  Nikolas Cruz, 19 No Life imprisonment
Dunblane massacre March 13 1996 Dunblane  United Kingdom
17
15
 F Thomas Hamilton, 43 No Suicide
34. Erfurt school massacre April 26 2002 Erfurt  Germany
16
1
 F Robert Steinhäuser, 19 No Suicide
36. Winnenden school shooting March 11 2009 Winnenden and Wendlingen  Germany
15
9
 F Tim Kretschmer, 17 No Suicide
2023 Prague shooting Dec. 21 2023 Prague  Czech Republic
14
25
 F David Kozák, 24 Suicide
37. École Polytechnique massacre Dec. 6 1989 Montreal, QC  Canada
14
14
 FM Marc Lépine, 25 No Suicide
40. Columbine High School massacre April 20 1999 Columbine, CO  United States
13
24
 F M E Eric Harris, 18
Dylan Klebold, 17 		No Both died by suicide
Janaúba massacre Oct. 5 2017 Janaúba  Brazil
13
37
  A Damião Soares dos Santos, 50 Perished in the flames
Chlef school attack Oct. 15 2002 El Hadjadj, Chlef Province  Algeria
13
1
 F None [9]
43. Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting April 30 2009 Baku  Azerbaijan
12
13
 F Farda Gadirov, 28 No Suicide [10][11]
Rio de Janeiro school shooting April 7 2011 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil
12
22
 F Wellington Oliveira, 23 No Suicide
Shiguan kindergarten attack May 8 2006 Shiguan  China
12
5
  MA Bai Ningyang (白宁阳), 18 No Death penalty
49. Cologne school massacre June 11 1964 Cologne  West Germany
10
22
 FM Walter Seifert, 42 No Suicide
Santa Fe High School shooting May 18 2018 Santa Fe, TX  United States
10
13
 FE Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17 No Arrested
Suzano school shooting March 13 2019 Suzano  Brazil
10
11
 FME Guilherme Taucci Monteiro, 17
Luiz Henrique de Castro, 25 		Castro was murdered by Monteiro, who then committed suicide
Belgrade school shooting May 3 2023 Belgrade  Serbia
10
6
 F 13-year-old male student No Arrested [12][13]
Enoch Brown school massacre July 26 1764 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
11
1
 FM 4 Lenape Natives No Unknown [14]
Kauhajoki school shooting Sept. 23 2008 Kauhajoki  Finland
10
1
 FA Matti Saari, 22 No Suicide
54. Kazan school shooting May 11 2021 Kazan  Russia
9
23
 FE Ilnaz Galyaviev, 19 No Sentenced to life imprisonment
Shengshui kindergarten attack May 12 2010 Linchang  China
9
11
  M Wu Huanming (吴焕明), 47 No Suicide [15][16][17][18][19]
2015 Umpqua Community College shooting Oct. 1 2015 Roseburg, OR  United States
9
8
 F Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26 No Suicide [20]
Red Lake massacre[a] March 21 2005 Red Lake, MN  United States
9
5
 F Jeffrey Weise, 16 No Suicide
Ruzhou school massacre Nov. 26 2004 Ruzhou  China
9
3
  M Yan Yanming (闫彦明), 21 No Death penalty [21][22]
59. Ikeda school massacre June 8 2001 Ikeda, Osaka  Japan
8
15
  M Mamoru Takuma (宅間守), 37 No Death penalty
2008 Jerusalem yeshiva attack March 6 2008 Jerusalem  Israel
8
11
 F Alaa Abu Dheim (علاء هاشم أبو دهيم), 26 No Killed by police
Studentski grad dormitory massacre Dec. 25 1974 Sofia  Bulgaria
8
8
 FM Branimir Donchev, 17 No Arrested, later shot by police during escape attempt [23][24][25]
Nanping school massacre March 23 2010 Nanping  China
8
5
  M Zheng Minsheng (郑明生), 41 No Death penalty [26][27][28][29]
Jokela school shooting Nov. 7 2007 Jokela  Finland
8
1
 F A Pekka-Eric Auvinen, 18 No Suicide
65. Kumba school massacre Oct. 24 2020 Kumba, Southwest Region  Cameroon
7
13
 FM Unknown ?
Lyamino School Feb. 11 1958 Lyamino, Perm Krai  Soviet Union
7
6
 F Michael Tselousov (Целоусов, Михаил), 24 No Sentenced to death and executed [30]
Burma school massacre March 26 1975 Kachin  Burma
7
5
  M U Win-maung No Killed by police [31][32]
Zhuping school massacre April 1 1996 Meitian  China
7
5
  M Wang Xiangjun No Arrested [33][34][35][36]
2012 Oikos University shooting April 2 2012 Oakland, CA  United States
7
3
 F One Goh, 43 No Life imprisonment
California State University, Fullerton massacre July 12 1976 Fullerton, California  United States
7
2
 F Edward Charles Allaway, 37 No Arrested
74. Perm State University shooting Sept. 20 2021 Perm  Russia
6
23
 F Timur Bekmansurov, 18 No Severely injured, arrested and later sentenced to life imprisonment
Anne Anne Kindergarten stabbing[a] June 3 1982 Sham Shui Po  Hong Kong
6
37
  M Lee Chi Hang (李志衡), 28 No Sent to psychiatric hospital
April 2022 Kabul school bombing April 19 2022 Kabul  Afghanistan
6
25
  E Yes Unknown
Sanaa school shooting March 30 1997 Sanaa  Yemen
6
12
 F Mohammed Ahmad Misleh al-Nazari, 48 No Death penalty [37]
Shafrir synagogue shooting attack April 11 1956 Kfar Chabad  Israel
6
5
 F Yes Unknown
West Nickel Mines School shooting Oct. 2 2006 Nickel Mines, PA  United States
6
4
 F Charles Carl Roberts IV, 32 No Suicide
Massacre in the Leningrad higher military political school of Ministry of Internal Affairs May 19 1977 Leningrad  Soviet Union
6
2
 F Anatoly Fedorenko

(Федоренко, Анатолий)

No Sentenced to death and executed [38]
Massacre in the Kamyshin higher military engineer school March 9 1997 Kamyshin  Russia
6
2
 F Sergei Lepnev (Лепнев, Сергей), 18 No 25 years in prison [39][40][41]
2023 Nashville School Shooting March 27 2023 Nashville, Tennessee  United States
6
1
 F Aiden Hale, 28 No Killed by police
87. Stockton schoolyard shooting Jan. 17 1989 Stockton, CA  United States
5
32
 F A Patrick Purdy, 24 No Suicide
Atzmona attack March 7 2002 Atzmona  Gaza Strip
5
23
 F E Mohammed Fathi Farhat (محمد فتحي فرحات), 17 No Killed by soldiers [42][43][44]
Poe Elementary School bombing Sept. 15 1959 Houston, TX  United States
5
19
  E Paul Harold Orgeron, 49 No Killed by the explosion [45]
Northern Illinois University shooting Feb. 14 2008 DeKalb, IL  United States
5
17
 F Steven Kazmierczak, 27 No Suicide
Eppstein school shooting June 3 1983 Eppstein  West Germany
5
14
 F Karel Charva, 34 No Suicide [46][47]
Obafemi Awolowo University massacre July 10 1999 Ifẹ, Osun State  Nigeria
5
11
 FM Black Axe No
1998 Westside Middle School shooting March 24 1998 Jonesboro, AR  United States
5
10
 F Andrew Golden, 11
Mitchell Johnson, 13 		No Both imprisoned until their 21st birthday
Huaiji school massacre Nov. 26 2002 Huaiji  China
5
2
  M Shi Ruoqiu (施若丘), 30 No Arrested [48][49]
Mesa school massacre Nov. 12 1966 Mesa, AZ  United States
5
2
 F Robert Smith, 18 No Life imprisonment [50]
2013 Santa Monica shootings June 7 2013 Santa Monica, CA  United States
5
2
 F A John Zawahri, 23 No Killed by police
1991 University of Iowa shooting Nov. 1 1991 Iowa City, IA  United States
5
1
 F Gang Lu (卢刚), 28 No Suicide
San Juan massacre Oct. 10 1977 San Juan  Trinidad and Tobago
5
0
  M Arrested [51]
Maradi massacre Jan. 10 1994 Maradi  Niger
5
0
  M Arrested [52]
105. Thurston High School shooting[a] May 20/21 1998 Springfield, OR  United States
4
28
 F Kipland Kinkel, 15 No Life imprisonment [53]
Bremen school shooting June 20 1913 Bremen  Germany
4
21
 F Heinz Schmidt, 29 No Sent to psychiatric hospital
Linwu school massacre Sept. 30 2004 Linwu  China
4
12
  M Liu Hongwen (刘洪文), 28 No Sent to psychiatric hospital [54]
Dendermonde nursery attack Jan. 23 2009 Beveren and Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde  Belgium
4
12
  M Kim De Gelder, 20 No Life imprisonment
Lindhurst High School shooting May 1 1992 Olivehurst, CA  United States
4
10
 F Eric Houston, 20 No Death penalty
2024 Apalachee High School shooting Sept. 4 2024 Winder, GA  United States
4
7
 F Colt Gray, 14 (accused) No Arrested [55]
La Loche shootings Jan. 24 2016 La Loche, SK  Canada
4
7
 F Randan Dakota Fontaine, 17[56] No Life imprisonment [57]
Oxford High School shooting Nov. 30 2021 Oxford Township, Michigan  United States
4
7
 F Ethan Crumbley, 15 No Life imprisonment [58][59]
2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings Dec. 9 2007 Arvada and Colorado Springs, CO  United States
4
5
 F Matthew Murray, 24 No Suicide
Suixi school massacre Jan. 26 2003 Suixi  China
4
3
  M Chen Peiquan, 35 No Arrested [60]
Illinois school massacre Sept. 23 1988 Chicago, IL  United States
4
2
 F Clemmie Henderson, 40 No Killed by police [61]
Gongyi school massacre Sept. 14 2011 Gongyi  China
4
2
  M Wang Hongbin, 30 No Arrested [62]
Marysville shooting Oct. 24 2014 Marysville, WA  United States
4
3
 F Jaylen Fryberg, 15 No Suicide [63]
Concordia University massacre Aug. 24 1992 Montreal, QC  Canada
4
1
 F Valery Fabrikant, 52 No Life imprisonment [64]
Gulbene school massacre Feb. 22 1999 Gulbene  Latvia
4
1
  M Alexander Koryakov, 19 No Life imprisonment [65]
2001 Isla Vista killings Feb. 24 2001 Isla Vista, CA  United States
4
1
  V David Attias, 18 No Sent to psychiatric hospital [66]
Ozar Hatorah shooting March 19 2012 Toulouse  France
4
1
 F Mohammed Merah, 23 No Killed by police [67]
Kunming school killings Feb. 13–15 2004 Kunming  China
4
0
  M Ma Jiajue (馬加爵), 23 No Death penalty [68]
106. Zibo school massacre Aug. 3 2010 Zibo  China
3–4
7–20
  M Fang Jiantang (方建堂), 26 No Death penalty [69]
107. Wilno school massacre May 6 1925 Wilno  Poland
3
~10
 F E Stanisław Ławrynowicz, Janusz Obrąbalski No Both died by suicide
109. 1997 Heath High School shooting Dec. 1 1997 Paducah, Kentucky, Kentucky  United States
3
5
 F Michael Carneal, 14 No Life imprisonment with no parole [70]
2023 Michigan State University shooting Feb. 13 2023 East Lansing MI  United States
3
5
 F Anthony Dwayne McRae, 43 No Self-inflicted gunshot [71]
110. Veshkayma kindergarten shooting April 26 2022 Veshkayma, Ulyanovsk Oblast  Russia
3
1
 F Ruslan Akhtyamov, 26 No Suicide
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

The # symbol indicates the massacre's ranking by number of deaths (since this list is sorted by death toll, not by date or by number of overall casualties).

The W column gives a basic description of the weapons used:

F – Firearms and other ranged weapons. This primarily includes 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 fire 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

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f At least one of the victims was a relative of the assailant.

Rampage killers

This is a list of mass/spree killers who attacked schools. A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills three or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period.[72][73] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others.[74][75][76]

The victims must be 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.

Rampage killings
Perpetrator Date Year Location Country Killed Injured W Additional Notes Ref.
1 Kehoe, Andrew Philip, 55[a] May 18 1927 Bath Township, Michigan  United States
44
58
 FME Committed suicide
Also killed numerous animals
2 Li Chuicai, 32 March 6 2001 Fanglin Village, Wanzai County, Jiangxi,  China
41
27
 EO Committed suicide
3 Khamrab, Panya, 34
(ปัญญา คำราบ)		 Oct. 6 2022 Na Klang  Thailand
36
10
 FMV Committed suicide
4 Cho, Seung-Hui, 23
(조승희)		 April 16 2007 Blacksburg, Virginia  United States
32
17
 F Committed suicide
Six more people were injured by jumping out of windows as they escape from the perpetrator
5 Lanza, Adam Peter, 20[a] Dec. 14 2012 Newtown, Connecticut  United States
27
2
 F Committed suicide
6 Ramos, Salvador Rolando, 18[a] May 24 2022 Uvalde, Texas United States United States
21
18
 F Killed by police
7 Roslyakov, Vladislav Igorevich, 18
(Росляков, Владислав Игоревич)		 Oct. 17 2018 Kerch
20
70
 F E Committed suicide
8 Kazantsev, Artyom Igorevich, 34
(Казанцев, Артём Игоревич)		 Sept. 26 2022 Izhevsk  Russia
18
23
 F Committed suicide
9 Cruz, Nikolas Jacob, 19 Feb. 14 2018 Parkland, Florida  United States
17
17
 F Sentenced to life imprisonment
10 Hamilton, Thomas Watt, 43 March 13 1996 Dunblane  United Kingdom
17
15
 F Committed suicide
11 Whitman, Charles Joseph, 25[a] Aug. 1 1966 Austin, Texas  United States
15
31
 F Killed by police
Terminated a pregnancy
One of the victims died in 2001; attributed to this event
12 Steinhäuser, Robert, 19 April 26 2002 Erfurt  Germany
16
1
 F Committed suicide
13 Kretschmer, Tim, 17 March 11 2009 Winnenden and Wendlingen  Germany
15
9
 F Committed suicide
14 Kozák, David, 24 Dec. 21 2023 Prague  Czech Republic
14
25
 F Committed suicide

Also killed two people days earlier One more died indirectly ||

15 Lépine, Marc, 25 Dec. 6 1989 Montreal, Quebec  Canada
14
14
 FM Committed suicide
16 Soares dos Santos, Damião, 50 Oct. 5 2017 Janaúba  Brazil
13
37
 A Committed suicide
17 Harris, Eric David, 18
Klebold, Dylan Bennet, 17		 April 20 1999 Columbine, Colorado  United States
13
21
 F O Both committed suicide
18 Menezes de Oliveira, Wellington, 23 April 7 2011 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil
12
22
 F Committed suicide
19 Gadirov, Farda, 28 April 30 2009 Baku  Azerbaijan
12
13
 F Committed suicide
20 Bai Ningyang, 18
(白宁阳)		 May 8 2006 Shiguan  China
12
5
  MA Sentenced to death and executed
21 Seifert, Willi Walter, 42 June 11 1964 Cologne  West Germany
10
22
 FM Committed suicide
22 Pagourtzis, Dimitrios, 17 (accused) May 18 2018 Santa Fe, Texas  United States
10
13
 F Arrested
23 Kecmanović, Kosta, 13 May 3 2023 Belgrade  Serbia
10
6
 F Arrested [12][13]
24 Saari, Matti Juhani, 22 Sept. 23 2008 Kauhajoki  Finland
10
1
 F A Committed suicide
25 Galyaviev, Ilnaz Rinatovich, 19
(Галявиев, Ильназ Ринатович)		 May 11 2021 Kazan  Russia
9
23
 F E Sentenced to life imprisonment
26 Zhao Zewei, 28
(赵泽伟)		 April 27 2018 Yulin  China
9
12
  M Sentenced to death and executed [77]
27 Wu Huanming, 47
(吴焕明)		 May 12 2010 Linchang  China
9
11
  M Committed suicide
28 Harper-Mercer, Christopher Sean, 26 Oct. 1 2015 Roseburg, Oregon  United States
9
8
 F Committed suicide
29 Weise, Jeffrey James, 16[a] March 21 2005 Red Lake, Minnesota  United States
9
5
 F Committed suicide
30 Yanming, Yan, 21
(闫彦明)		 Nov. 26 2004 Ruzhou  China
9
3
  M Sentenced to death and executed [78]
31 Jiajin, Xu, 21 Nov. 16 2024 Yixing  China
8
17
  M Arrested
31 Takuma, Mamoru, 37
(宅間守)		 June 8 2001 Ikeda, Osaka  Japan
8
15
  M Sentenced to death and executed
32 Ala Hisham Abu Dheim, 26
(علاء هاشم أبو دهيم)		 March 6 2008 Jerusalem  Israel
8
11
 F Killed by soldiers
33 Henrique de Castro, Luiz, 25
Taucci Monteiro, Guilherme, 17[a]		 March 13 2019 Suzano  Brazil
8
11
 FM Henrique killed by Taucci
Taucci committed suicide
34 Donchev, Branimir Delchev, 17
(Дончев, Бранимир Делчев)		 Dec. 24 1974 Durvenitsa  Bulgaria
8
8
 FM Found not guilty by reason of insanity
Terminated a pregnancy		 [79]
35 Zheng Minsheng, 41
(郑民生)		 March 23 2010 Nanping  China
8
5
  M Sentenced to death and executed [80]
36 Yu Hua, 40
(於華)		 Sept. 2 2019 Baiyangping  China
8
2
  M Sentenced to death and executed [81]
37 Auvinen, Pekka-Eric, 18 Nov. 7 2007 Jokela  Finland
8
1
 F A Committed suicide
38 U Win-maung March 26 1975 Kachin  Burma
7
5
  M Killed by police [82]
39 Wang Xiangjun April 1 1996 Meitian  China
7
5
  M Arrested [83]
40 Goh, One L., 43 April 2 2012 Oakland, California  United States
7
3
 F Sentenced to life imprisonment
41 Bekmansurov, Timur Maratovich, 18
(Бекмансуров, Тимур Маратович)		 Sept. 20 2021 Perm  Russia
6
23
 F Sentenced to life imprisonment
42 Lee Chi Hang, 28[a]
(李志衡)		 June 3 1982 Sham Shui Po Hong Kong Hong Kong
6
37
  M Found not guilty by reason of insanity
43 Mohammed Ahmad Misleh al-Nazari, 48 March 30 1997 Sana'a  Yemen
6
12
 F Sentenced to death and executed [84]
44 Roberts, Charles Carl, 32 Oct. 2 2006 Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania  United States
6
4
 F Committed suicide
one of the victims died in 2024; attributed to this event
45 Fedorenko, Anatoly
(Федоренко, Анатолий)		 May 19 1977 Leningrad  Soviet Union
6
2
 F Sentenced to death and executed [85]
46 Lepnev, Sergei, 18
(Лепнев, Сергей)		 March 9 1997 Kamyshin  Russia
6
2
 F Sentenced to death,
later changed to life imprisonment,
later changed to 25 years in prison		 [86]
47 Wu Moujie, 25
(吴某杰)		 July 10 2023 Lianjiang, Guangdong  China
6
1
 M Arrested [87]
48 Hale, Audrey Elizabeth, 28 March 27 2023 Nashville, Tennessee  United States
6
1
 F Killed by police

one more was injured indirectly

49 Purdy, Patrick Edward, 24 Jan. 17 1989 Stockton, California  United States
5
32
 F A Committed suicide
50 Mohammed Fathi Farhat, 17
(محمد فتحي فرحات)		 March 7 2002 Gush Katif  Gaza Strip
5
23
 F E Killed by soldiers [88]
51 Kazmierczak, Steven Phillip, 27 Feb. 14 2008 DeKalb, Illinois  United States
5
17
 F Committed suicide
52 Charva, Karel, 34 June 3 1983 Eppstein  West Germany
5
14
 F Committed suicide [89]
53 Golden, Andrew Douglas, 11
Johnson, Mitchell Scott, 13		 March 24 1998 Jonesboro, Arkansas  United States
5
10
 F Both were imprisoned until their 21st birthday
54 Kipper Mai, Fabiano May 4 2021 Saudades  Brazil
5
1
  M Sentenced to 329 years and 4 months in prison
55 Kinkel, Kipland Philip, 15[a] May 20/21 1998 Springfield, Oregon  United States
4
25
 F Sentenced to 111 years in prison [90]
56 Schmidt, Heinz Jakob Friedrich Ernst, 29 June 20 1913 Bremen  Germany
4
21
 F Found not guilty by reason of insanity
One more died trying to escape
57 Rodrigues Castiglioni, Gabriel, 16 Nov. 25 2022 Aracruz  Brazil
4
12
 F Sentenced to 3 years in prison
58 Liu Hongwen, 28
(刘洪文)		 Sept. 30 2004 Linwu County  China
4
12
  M Found not guilty by reason of insanity [91]
59 De Gelder, Kim, 20 Jan. 16/23 2009 Vrasene and Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde  Belgium
4
12
  M Sentenced to life imprisonment
60 Houston, Eric Christopher, 20 May 1 1992 Olivehurst, California  United States
4
10
 F Sentenced to death
61 Gray, Colt, 14 (accused) Sept. 4 2024 Winder, Georgia  United States
4
7
 F Arrested [55]
62 Fontaine, Randan Dakota, 17[a] Jan. 22 2016 La Loche, Saskatchewan  Canada
4
7
 F Sentenced to life imprisonment
63 Crumbley, Ethan, 15 Nov. 30 2021 Oxford Township, Michigan  United States
4
7
 F Sentenced to life imprisonment
64 Henrique de Lima, Luiz, 25 April 5 2023 Blumenau  Brazil
4
5
  M Sentenced to 220 years in prison
65 Bayar, Volkan, 37 April 5 2018 Eskişehir  Turkey
4
0
 F Arrested. [92]
66 Fang Jiantang, 26
(方建堂)		 Aug. 3 2010 Zibo  China
3–5
6–20
  M Sentenced to death and executed [93]
67 Wu Yechang, 25
(吴业昌)		 Sept. 21 2012 Pingnan County  China
3
13
  M Sentenced to death and executed [94]
68 Barbaro, Anthony F., 17 Dec. 30 1974 Olean, New York  United States
3
11
 F E Committed suicide while awaiting trial
69 Ławrynowicz, Stanisław, 22
Obrapalski, Janusz, 21		 May 6 1925 Wilno/Vilnius  Poland (current day Lithuania)
3
9
 F E Both committed suicide
70 Solich, Rafael, 15 Sept. 28 2004 Carmen de Patagones  Argentina
3
5
 F Declared too young to be persecuted
71 Lundin Petterson, Anton Niclas, 21 Oct. 22 2015 Trollhättan  Sweden
3
2
  M Killed by police
72 Galaviz, Gabriel Alejandro, 20 March 6 2024 Guadalajara Mexico Mexico
3
1
  M Later died by suicide while awaiting trial. [95]
73 Arancibia Navarro, Iván Jesus, 47[a] Dec. 17 1999 Valparaíso  Chile
3
0
 F Also attempted suicide. Found not guilty by reason of insanity.
74 Vukalić, Mehmed, 50 Aug. 21 2024 Sanski Most  Bosnia and Herzegovina
3
0
 F Also attempted suicide.

Abbreviations and footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j At least one of the victims was a relative of the assailant.

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 slingshot
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)

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