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A spree killer is someone who embarks on a murder

Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...

ous assault on two or more victims in a short time in multiple locations. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics

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defines a spree killing as "killings at two or more locations with almost no time break between murders."

Definition

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation

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(FBI) the general definition of spree murder is two or more murders committed by an offender or offenders, without a cooling-off period; the lack of a cooling-off period marking the difference between a spree murder and a serial murder. The category has, however, been found to be of no real value to law enforcement, because of definitional problems relating to the concept of a "cooling-off period". Serial killers are different in that the murders are clearly separate events, happening at different times, while the attacks of mass murder

Mass murder

Mass murder is the act of murdering a large number of people , typically at the same time or over a relatively short period of time. According to the FBI, mass murder is defined as four or more murders occurring during a particular event with no cooling-off period between the murders...

ers are defined by one incident, with no distinctive time period between the murders.

Another term, rampage killer, has sometimes been used to describe spree killers, but it does not differentiate between mass murderers and spree killers.

List of spree killings

Incident	Location	Year	Killer	Victims killed	Notes
Wagner killings	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	1913	Ernst August Wagner Ernst August Wagner Ernst August Wagner was a German spree killer who, on September 4, 1913 killed his wife and four children in Degerloch and subsequently drove to Mühlhausen an der Enz where he set several fires and shot 20 people, of whom at least 9 died, before he was beaten unconscious by furious villagers and...	14	Wagner killed his wife and four children before launching a gun and arson attack in Mühlhausen an der Enz Mühlacker Mühlacker is a town in the eastern part of the Enz district in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Mühlacker station has direct rail connections with Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Heidelberg, Pforzheim and the Northern Black Forest.... which killed nine. He was sent to an asylum and died in 1938.
Tsuyama massacre Tsuyama massacre The was a spree killing that occurred on 21 May 1938 in the rural village of Kaio close to Tsuyama city in Okayama, Japan.Mutsuo Toi, a 21-year-old man, killed 30 people, including his grandmother, with a shotgun, Japanese sword, and axe, and seriously injured three others before killing himself...	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	1938	Mutsuo Toi	30	Using a shotgun and swords, Toi killed 30 in an hour and a half before killing himself.
The Walk of Death Howard Unruh Howard Barton Unruh was an American mass murderer who killed 13 people on September 6, 1949, in Camden, New Jersey, when he was 28 years old. Unruh is considered the first single-episode mass murderer in U.S. history. He died in 2009 after a lengthy illness at the age of 88...	United States	1949	Howard Unruh Howard Unruh Howard Barton Unruh was an American mass murderer who killed 13 people on September 6, 1949, in Camden, New Jersey, when he was 28 years old. Unruh is considered the first single-episode mass murderer in U.S. history. He died in 2009 after a lengthy illness at the age of 88...	13	28-year-old Unruh killed 13 people in Camden, New Jersey Camden, New Jersey The city of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey. It is located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 77,344... with a Luger P08 pistol, the worst mass murder in the United States at the time. Unruh was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant social... and was detained without trial until his death in 2009.
Cook killings	United States	1951	Billy Cook Billy Cook (criminal) William Edward "Billy" Cook was an American spree killer who murdered six people on a 22-day rampage between Missouri and California in 1950–51.-Early life:...	6	Cook murdered six people between Missouri Missouri Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It... and California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... on a 22-day rampage before being arrested in Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... . He was executed at San Quentin State Prison San Quentin State Prison San Quentin State Prison is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men in unincorporated San Quentin, Marin County, California, United States. Opened in July 1852, it is the oldest prison in the state. California's only death row for male inmates, the largest... on 22 December 1952.
Starkweather/Fugate murders Charles Starkweather Charles Raymond Starkweather was an American teenaged spree killer who murdered eleven people in Nebraska and Wyoming during a two-month road trip with his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate. The couple was captured on January 29, 1958...	United States	1958	Charles Starkweather Charles Starkweather Charles Raymond Starkweather was an American teenaged spree killer who murdered eleven people in Nebraska and Wyoming during a two-month road trip with his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate. The couple was captured on January 29, 1958... & Caril Ann Fugate Caril Ann Fugate Caril Ann Fugate was the adolescent girlfriend and accomplice of spree killer Charles Starkweather. She is the youngest female in United States history to have been tried for first-degree murder....	11	Starkweather and his adolescent girlfriend Fugate murdered 10 people over the course of eight days before being apprehended by police. Starkweather was executed at Nebraska State Penitentiary Nebraska State Penitentiary The Nebraska State Penitentiary is a state correctional facility for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. Located in Lincoln, it is the oldest state correctional facility in Nebraska, opening in 1869... in 1959. Fugate was imprisoned until 1976.
University of Texas at Austin massacre Charles Whitman Charles Joseph Whitman was a student at the University of Texas at Austin and a former Marine who killed 16 people and wounded 32 others during a shooting rampage on and around the university's campus on August 1, 1966....	United States	1966	Charles Whitman Charles Whitman Charles Joseph Whitman was a student at the University of Texas at Austin and a former Marine who killed 16 people and wounded 32 others during a shooting rampage on and around the university's campus on August 1, 1966....	14	Whitman, a student at the University of Texas at Austin, killed 14 people and wounded 31 others as part of a shooting spree from the observation deck of the University's 32-story administrative building. He did this shortly after murdering his wife and his mother. He was eventually shot and killed by an Austin police officer.
Colorado Springs killings	United States	1975	Freddie Lee Glenn Freddie Glenn Freddie Lee Glenn is a spree killer and rapist. Along with accomplice Michael Corbett, Glenn was convicted of murdering three people in 1975; combined, the pair were responsible for a total of five deaths in and around Colorado Springs...	5	Along with accomplice Michael Corbett, Glenn was convicted of murdering three people in 1975; combined, the pair were responsible for a total of five deaths in and around Colorado Springs: Daniel Van Lone, a 29-year-old cook, Winfred Proffitt, 19, a soldier, and Karen Grammer who was an 18-year-old who worked at Red Lobster and was the younger sister of actor Actor An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity... Kelsey Grammer Kelsey Grammer Allen Kelsey Grammer is an American actor and comedian. He is most widely known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the sitcoms Cheers and Frasier... .
Coastal Road massacre Coastal Road massacre The Coastal Road massacre of 1978 was an attack involving the hijacking of a bus on Israel's Coastal Highway in which 38 Israeli civilians, including 13 children, were killed, and 71 were wounded. The attack was planned by Abu Jihad and carried out by the PLO faction Fatah...	Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...	1978	Eleven Palestinian assailants	38	Attack involving the hijacking of a bus on Israel's Coastal Highway Highway 2 (Israel) Highway 2 is an Israeli highway located on the coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea. It stretches from Tel Aviv to Haifa. The highway is also called The Coastal Highway or The New Haifa - Tel Aviv Highway .... in which 38 Israeli civilians, including 13 children, were killed, and 71 were wounded.
Uiryeong massacre	South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...	1982	Woo Bum-kon Woo Bum-Kon Woo Bum-kon was a South Korean police officer who carried out the second largest known incident of spree killing in modern history. After the rampage concluded, 57 people were dead and 35 were wounded in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea.- Life :Woo had served in the South Korean Marines until 1978...	57	Woo, a 27-year-old disgruntled police officer, killed 57 and wounded 35 people using two M2 carbine M1 Carbine The M1 carbine is a lightweight, easy to use semi-automatic carbine that became a standard firearm for the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and was produced in several variants. It was widely used by U.S... s and hand grenades in an eight-hour rampage before committing suicide.
Massacre at bar 't Koetsiertje	Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	1983	Cevdet Yılmaz	6	The Dutch-Turkish Cevdet Yilmaz (nicknamed Ted the Turk) shot and killed 6 patrons of the bar t Koetsiertje in Delft Delft Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland , the Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam and The Hague.... after one of the patrons insulted him because of his ethnic background. Yilmaz was the first gun-wielding Dutch spree killer.
Edmond United States Post Office massacre	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	1986	Patrick Sherrill Patrick Sherrill Patrick Henry Sherrill was a United States Postal Service employee who, on August 20, 1986, in Edmond, Oklahoma, killed 14 employees with two .45 caliber pistols at his work place before turning one of the guns on himself and committing suicide...	14	Patrick Sherrill Patrick Sherrill Patrick Henry Sherrill was a United States Postal Service employee who, on August 20, 1986, in Edmond, Oklahoma, killed 14 employees with two .45 caliber pistols at his work place before turning one of the guns on himself and committing suicide... , a United States Postal Service United States Postal Service The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States... employee, shot and killed 14 people at his workplace in Edmond Edmond, Oklahoma Edmond is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area in the central part of the state. As of the 2010 census, the population was 81,405, making it the sixth largest city in the state of Oklahoma.... , Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state... after being reprimanded by his supervisors before killing himself.
Pozzetto Massacre Pozzetto Massacre In the Pozzetto Massacre in Bogotá, Colombia on the evening of December 4, 1986, the English teacher and Vietnam War veteran Campo Elias Delgado killed 29 people, 20 of them in the luxurious Pozzetto Restaurant, 6 in his building and 2 in the 118th street ....	Colombia Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...	1986	Campo Elías Delgado Campo Elías Delgado Campo Elías Delgado was a Colombian Vietnam War veteran who killed 30 people, and wounded 15 more, most of them at a luxurious Bogotá restaurant called Pozzetto, before apparently being shot dead by police...	30	Campo Elías Delgado, a Colombian Vietnam War Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of... veteran, killed 21 people with a .32 revolver at the restaurant "Pozzeto" before being shot and killed by the Colombian police. Hours before the murder, he killed nine people in his apartment block, including his mother.
Hoddle Street massacre Hoddle Street massacre The Hoddle Street massacre is a spree killing that occurred on the evening of Sunday, 9 August 1987 in Hoddle Street, Clifton Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia.The shootings resulted in the deaths of seven people, and serious injury to 19 others...	Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	1987	Julian Knight Julian Knight Julian Knight is the mass murderer who on 9 August 1987, shot dead seven people and injured 19 during a shooting spree in Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia, in what became known in Australian history as the Hoddle Street Massacre....	7	Knight murdered 7 people and injured 19 during a shooting spree in Clifton Hill, Victoria Clifton Hill, Victoria Clifton Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. The border between Clifton Hill and Fitzroy North is Queens Parade and Smith Street. Merri Creek defines the eastern border of Clifton Hill. Its Local Government Area is... .
Hungerford massacre Hungerford massacre The Hungerford massacre occurred in Hungerford, Berkshire, England, on 19 August 1987. The gunman, 27-year-old Michael Robert Ryan, armed with two semi-automatic rifles and a handgun, shot and killed sixteen people including his mother, and wounded fifteen others, then fatally shot himself...	United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	1987	Michael Robert Ryan	16	Using two semi-automatic rifles and a handgun, Ryan killed 16 people and wounded 15 others in a space of 7 hours before shooting himself.
Dover massacre	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	1987	Ronald Gene Simmons Ronald Gene Simmons Ronald Gene Simmons, Sr. was a retired United States Air Force master sergeant who killed 16 people over a weeklong period in 1987. Fourteen of the victims were members of his family, including a daughter he had sexually abused and the child he had fathered with her...	16	Simmons murdered 14 family members over a week long period in December 1987 before driving to his workplace in Russellville Russellville, Arkansas Russellville is the county seat and largest city in Pope County, Arkansas, United States, with a population of 27,920, according to the 2010 Census. It is home to Arkansas Tech University and Arkansas Nuclear One, Arkansas' only nuclear power plant... , Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River... and fatally shooting two co-workers. He was executed by in 1990.
Luxiol shooting spree	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	1989	Christian Dornier Christian Dornier Christian Dornier was a French spree killer, who, for no apparent reason, shot to death his sister and mother and wounded his father with a shotgun on July 12, 1989, afterwards driving through the village of Luxiol and the adjacent area, shooting people at random...	14	Dornier shot dead his sister and mother, and killed 12 others in Luxiol Luxiol Luxiol is a commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France.-Population:-External links:*... , France. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant social... and sent to a psychiatric hospital.
Standard Gravure shooting Standard Gravure shooting The Standard Gravure shooting occurred on September 14, 1989 when 47-year old Joseph T. Wesbecker, a pressman on disability for mental illness entered Standard Gravure, his former workplace, and killed eight people and injured twelve before committing suicide after a history of suicidal ideation...	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	1989	Joseph Wesbecker	8	On September 14, 1989, Wesbecker, a pressman at Standard Gravure in Louisville, Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096... who was under treatment for depression Depression (mood) Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behaviour, feelings and physical well-being. Depressed people may feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, or restless... , entered his former workplace armed with a rifle and four pistols, killed eight people and injured 12 others before killing himself.
Aramoana massacre Aramoana massacre The Aramoana massacre was a mass murder that occurred on 13 November 1990 in the small seaside township of Aramoana, New Zealand. Resident David Gray, a 33-year-old unemployed man, began indiscriminately shooting people in the township with a scoped semi-automatic rifle, after a verbal dispute with...	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	1990	David Gray	12	Gray ran riot with a rifle through the Otago Otago Otago is a region of New Zealand in the south of the South Island. The region covers an area of approximately making it the country's second largest region. The population of Otago is... seaside village of Aramoana Aramoana Aramoana, also known as "The Spit" to locals, is a small coastal settlement, 27 kilometres north of Dunedin city, in the South Island of New Zealand. The settlement's permanent population in 2001 Census was 261. Supplementing this are seasonal visitors from the city who occupy cribs... , shooting helpless individuals. He was shot dead by the Special Tactics Group Special Tactics Group The Special Tactics Group , formerly known as the Anti-Terrorist Squad, is the full-time tactical and counter-terrorism group of the New Zealand Police.... around 34 hours after the incident began.
Luby's massacre Luby's massacre The Luby's massacre was a mass murder that took place on October 16, 1991, in Killeen, Texas, United States when George Hennard ″Jo Jo" drove his pickup truck into a Luby's cafeteria and shot 23 people to death while wounding another 20, subsequently committing suicide by shooting himself...	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	1991	George Hennard	23	Hennard, 35, was described as angry and withdrawn with a dislike of women. He drove his pickup truck through the window of Luby's Cafeteria and proceeded to fatally shoot 23 people before turning the gun on himself as police arrived.
Falun killings	Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	1994	Mattias Flink Mattias Flink Mattias Flink is a Swedish spree killer who killed seven people on June 11, 1994, in Falun, Sweden. He was at the time a fänrik in the Swedish Army.-Early years:...	7	Flink, a fänrik Fänrik -Professional officer:A minimum of 11 months of basic military training or 6 months as an aspirant followed by a three year programme at an officer school . - Conscript officer :... in the Swedish Army, shot and killed seven people, including five fellow female soldiers, with his AK5 assault rifle, in a park in Downtown Falun Falun Falun is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 36,447 inhabitants in 2005. It is also the capital of Dalarna County... , near his regiment. An eighth victim was also shot, but survived. Flink was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Cave of the Patriarchs massacre Cave of the Patriarchs massacre The Cave of the Patriarchs massacre was a terrorist attack that occurred when Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli settler and member of the far-right Israeli Kach movement, opened fire on unarmed Palestinian Muslims praying inside the Ibrahim Mosque at the Cave of the Patriarchs site in Hebron in the...	Hebron Hebron Hebron , is located in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judean Mountains, it lies 930 meters above sea level. It is the largest city in the West Bank and home to around 165,000 Palestinians, and over 500 Jewish settlers concentrated in and around the old quarter... , West Bank West Bank The West Bank ) of the Jordan River is the landlocked geographical eastern part of the Palestinian territories located in Western Asia. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...	1994	Baruch Goldstein Baruch Goldstein Baruch Kopel Goldstein was an American-born Jewish Israeli physician and mass murderer who perpetrated the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in the city of Hebron, killing 29 Palestinian Muslim worshipers and wounding another 125....	29	Goldstein used an IMI Galil IMI Galil The Galil is a family of Israeli small arms designed by Yisrael Galil and Yaacov Lior in the late 1960s and produced by Israel Military Industries Ltd of Ramat HaSharon... assault rifle Assault rifle An assault rifle is a selective fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine. Assault rifles are the standard infantry weapons in most modern armies... to kill 29 Palestinians at a place of worship in Hebron Hebron Hebron , is located in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judean Mountains, it lies 930 meters above sea level. It is the largest city in the West Bank and home to around 165,000 Palestinians, and over 500 Jewish settlers concentrated in and around the old quarter... . He was beaten to death after being overpowered by a crowd.
Tian Mingjian incident Tian Mingjian incident The Tian Mingjian incident was an act of spree killing that occurred on September 20, 1994 in Beijing, China, when a People's Liberation Army officer First Lieutenant Tian Mingjian killed and injured several people at his military base in Tongxian County and afterwards drove towards Jianguomen,...	China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...	1994	Tian Mingjian	23	Using a Type 81 rifle, Tian killed 23 people near Jianguomen Jianguomen Jianguomen is a major transportation hub in Beijing.Flanked by Jianguomen Inner Street to the west, Jianguomen Outer Street to the east, the Eastern 2nd Ring Road runs through it in a north-south direction.... on 20 September, including an Iran Iran Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia... ian diplomat and his son. He was finally shot dead by a police sniper Sniper A sniper is a marksman who shoots targets from concealed positions or distances exceeding the capabilities of regular personnel. Snipers typically have specialized training and distinct high-precision rifles.... .
Cuers shooting spree Eric Borel Eric Borel was a French student and spree killer who, at the age of 16, murdered his family in Solliès-Pont in the arrondissement of Toulon on September 23, 1995, and afterwards walked several miles to the village of Cuers where he continued his rampage the next day, shooting dead twelve other...	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	1995	Eric Borel Eric Borel Eric Borel was a French student and spree killer who, at the age of 16, murdered his family in Solliès-Pont in the arrondissement of Toulon on September 23, 1995, and afterwards walked several miles to the village of Cuers where he continued his rampage the next day, shooting dead twelve other...	12	After murdering his mother, stepfather and half-brother the previous day, 16-year-old Borel went on a shooting spree in Cuers Cuers Cuers is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-External links:****... shooting dead an additional 12 people before he killed himself.
Dunblane massacre Dunblane massacre The Dunblane massacre was a multiple murder-suicide which occurred at Dunblane Primary School in the Scottish town of Dunblane on 13 March 1996. Sixteen children and one adult were killed by Thomas Hamilton before he committed suicide.-Timeline of events:...	United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	1996	Thomas Hamilton Thomas Hamilton Thomas, Tommy or Tom Hamilton may refer to:AristocracyThomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington , Scottish administrator; Lord Advocate; judge; Lord Lieutenant of HaddingtonshireThomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington Thomas, Tommy or Tom Hamilton may refer to:Aristocracy*Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl...	17	The Dunblane school massacre resulted in many deaths in a primary school in Dunblane, Scotland and resulted in a handgun ban in the United Kingdom.
Port Arthur massacre	Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	1996	Martin Bryant Martin Bryant Martin Bryant is an Australian who has been convicted of murdering 35 people and injuring 21 others in the Port Arthur massacre, a shooting spree in Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia, in 1996. He is currently serving 35 life sentences plus 1,035 years without parole in the psychiatric wing of...	35	Using an AR-15 AR-15 The AR-15 is a lightweight, 5.56 mm, air-cooled, gas-operated, magazine-fed semi-automatic rifle, with a rotating-lock bolt, actuated by direct impingement gas operation. It is manufactured with the extensive use of aluminum alloys and synthetic materials.... and an L1A1 SLR, Bryant killed 35 and injured 21 in five hours before being arrested by the Special Operations Group of the Tasmanian Police.
Columbine High School massacre Columbine High School massacre The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, near Denver and Littleton. Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12...	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	1999	Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold Eric David Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold were American high school seniors who committed the Columbine High School massacre. They killed 13 people—including teacher Dave Sanders—and injured 24 others, three of whom were injured as they escaped the attack...	13	Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, both armed with shotguns and semi-automatic weapons, arrived at Columbine High School on the afternoon of April 20, 1999 and fatally shot twelve classmates and one teacher before committing suicide.
Zug massacre Zug massacre The Zug massacre took place on September 27, 2001 in the city of Zug in the canton's parliament. Fourteen people were shot dead by Friedrich Leibacher, who killed himself shortly after the crime....	Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	2001	Friedrich Leibacher Friedrich Leibacher Friedrich Heinz Leibacher was a Swiss spree killer who killed 14 members of the Zug canton Parliament, injuring 18 others, before committing suicide....	15	Friedrich Leibacher shot and killed 14 people at the Parliament in Zug Zug Zug , is a German-speaking city in Switzerland. The name ‘Zug’ originates from fishing vocabulary; in the Middle Ages it referred to the right to ‘pull up’ fishing nets and hence to the right to fish.The city of Zug is located in the Canton of Zug and is its capital... before killing himself.
Bat Mitzvah massacre Bat Mitzvah massacre The Bat Mitzvah massacre was a January 18, 2002 terrorist attack in Hadera, Israel, in which a Palestinian gunman killed six people and wounded 33 at a Bat Mitzvah celebration, a traditional Jewish celebration held for a 12-year-old girl.-The attack:...	Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...	2002	Abdel Salam Hassouna	6	A Palestinian gunman killed six people and wounded 33 at a Bat Mitzvah celebration in Hadera Hadera Hadera is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel approximately from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. The city is located along of the Israeli Mediterranean Coastal Plain... , before being killed.
Mdantsane massacre	South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...	2002	Bulelani Vukwana Bulelani Vukwana Bulelani Vukwana was a South African spree killer who, after a quarrel with his girlfriend, shot to death 11 people and injured a further 6 in Mdantsane township, near East London, on February 9, 2002, before committing suicide.-Murder Trail:In the evening of February 9, 2002 29-year old Bulelani...	11	Vukwana, 29, killed 11 people and injured 6 in the South African township of Mdantsane after an argument with his girlfriend.
Matzuva attack Matzuva attack The Matzuva attack was a guerrilla assault by the Islamic Jihad on March 12, 2002. Two Islamic Jihad militants whom infiltrated to Israel from Lebanon fired small arms and threw hand grenades at vehicles traveling on the Shlomi-Matzuva road, killing six Israelis and injuring one.- The attack :On...	Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...	2002	Two Palestinian militants	6	Two Islamic Jihad terrorists whom infiltrated to Israel from Lebanon fired small arms and threw hand grenades at vehicles traveling on the Shlomi-Matzuva Matzuva Matzuva , also known as Matzuba, is a kibbutz in the Western Galilee in northern Israel. Located south of the development town of Shlomi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2011 it had a population of 600.... road, killing six Israelis and injuring one.
Erfurt school shooting Erfurt massacre The Erfurt massacre was a school massacre that occurred on April 26, 2002 at the Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany. The gunman, 19-year-old expelled student Robert Steinhäuser, shot and killed sixteen people; comprising 13 faculty members, 2 students, and one police officer, before committing...	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	2002	Robert Steinhäuser	16	Robert Steinhäuser, 19, used a Glock 17 with 31-rounds extension-magazines to kill 16 people at Gutenberg secondary school Gutenberg-Gymnasium Erfurt The Gutenberg-Gymnasium Erfurt is a gymnasium located in Erfurt, Germany. It opened in 1991 and has approximately 750 students between the ages of 10 and 19.-History:... half a year after being expelled from there without graduation and then shot himself. He also carried a Mossberg 590 shotgun which was however not used during the attacks.
Itamar attack Itamar attack (2002) The Itamar attack, was an attack that took place on Thursday night of June 20th, 2002 around 21:00 in which two Palestinian militants broke into a civilian house in the Israeli settlement of Itamar in the West Bank, killing the Shabo family, murdering a mother and her three sons, while injuring two...	Itamar, West Bank West Bank The West Bank ) of the Jordan River is the landlocked geographical eastern part of the Palestinian territories located in Western Asia. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...	2002	Two Palestinian militants	5	Palestinian militants broke into a civilian house in the Israeli settlement of Itamar, killing the Shabo family, murdering a mother and her three sons, while injuring two children. Later on the militants also killed the commander of the rescue squad during his attempt to free civilians trapped in the house.
Beltway sniper attacks Beltway sniper attacks The Washington sniper attacks took place during three weeks in October 2002 in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Ten people were killed and three others critically injured in various locations throughout the Washington Metropolitan Area and along Interstate 95 in Virginia...	United States	2002	John Allen Muhammad John Allen Muhammad John Allen Muhammad was a spree killer from the United States. He, along with his younger partner, Lee Boyd Malvo, carried out the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks, killing at least 10 people. Muhammad and Malvo were arrested in connection with the attacks on October 24, 2002, following tips from alert... & Lee Boyd Malvo Lee Boyd Malvo Lee Boyd Malvo , is a spree killer convicted, along with John Allen Muhammad, of murders in connection with the Beltway sniper attacks, which took place in the Washington Metropolitan Area over a three-week period in October 2002...	10	Muhammad and 17-year old Malvo killed 10 and injured several others over the course of three weeks. Muhammad, who was 41, was executed 10 November 2009. Malvo is currently serving six consecutive life sentences.
Beit She'an attack 2002 Beit She'an attack The 2002 Beit She'an attack, which took place during November 28, 2002, was a terrorist attack carried out by members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the city of Beit She'an, Israel...	Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...	2002	Two Palestinian militants	6	Shooting carried out by a squad of Palestinian militants on the Israeli city of Beit She'an. During the attack the Palestinian militants opened fire and threw grenades at the Likud polling station in the city, where party members were casting their votes in the Likud primary.
Red Lake massacre	United States	2005	Jeff Weise Jeff Weise Jeffrey James "Jeff" Weise was an Ojibwe Native American adolescent, and a student at Red Lake Senior High School in Red Lake, Minnesota. He murdered nine people and wounded five others in a shooting spree on March 21, 2005, in the Red Lake Indian Reservation located in northwest Minnesota...	9	Weise shot and killed his grandfather and his grandfather's girlfriend, both police officers. He then proceeded to a local high school and shot and killed a security guard. Once inside the school, Weise fatally shot five students and a teacher before committing suicide. Weise killed 9 and injured 15.
Virginia Tech massacre Virginia Tech massacre The Virginia Tech massacre was a school shooting that took place on April 16, 2007, on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. In two separate attacks, approximately two hours apart, the perpetrator, Seung-Hui Cho, killed 32 people...	United States	2007	Seung-Hui Cho Seung-Hui Cho Seung-Hui Cho was a senior-level undergraduate student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University who killed 32 people and wounded 17 others on April 16, 2007, in the shooting rampage which came to be known as the "Virginia Tech massacre." Cho later committed suicide after law...	32	Cho, using two pistols, killed 32 in two separate events and then himself in the course of about three hours.
Jokela school shooting Jokela school shooting The Jokela school massacre was a school shooting that occurred on November 7, 2007, at Jokela High School in Jokela, a town in the municipality of Tuusula, Finland. The gunman, 18-year-old student Pekka-Eric Auvinen, entered the school on that morning armed with a semi-automatic pistol. He killed...	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	2007	Pekka-Eric Auvinen	8	Auvinen, a 18-year-old high school student, killed eight people with a semi-automatic pistol before shooting himself in the head.
Mercaz HaRav massacre Mercaz HaRav massacre The Mercaz HaRav massacre, also called the Mercaz HaRav shooting, was an attack that occurred on 6 March 2008, in which a lone Palestinian gunman shot multiple students at the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva, a religious school in Jerusalem, Israel, after which the gunman himself was shot dead. Eight students...	Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...	2008	Alaa Abu Dhein	8	A lone Palestinian gunman shot multiple students at the Mercaz HaRav Mercaz haRav Mercaz HaRav , more properly, Mercaz HaRav Kook ), is a national-religious yeshiva in Jerusalem, Israel, founded in 1924 by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook. It has become synonymous with his teachings.... yeshiva Yeshiva Yeshiva is a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and Torah study. Study is usually done through daily shiurim and in study pairs called chavrutas... , a religious school in Jerusalem, after which the gunman himself was shot dead.
Kauhajoki school shooting Kauhajoki school shooting The Kauhajoki school shooting was a school shooting that occurred on 23 September 2008, at Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences in Kauhajoki, a city in Western Finland. The gunman, 22-year-old culinary arts student Matti Juhani Saari, shot and fatally injured ten people with a semi-automatic...	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	2008	Matti Juhani Saari	10	Saari, a 22-year-old culinary arts student, killed ten people with a semi-automatic pistol before shooting himself in the head.
Geneva County massacre Geneva County massacre The Geneva County massacre, which occurred on March 10, 2009, spanned at least two communities, Geneva and Samson in Geneva County, Alabama, USA, and resulted in the death of 11 people, including the 28 year old gunman, Michael Kenneth McLendon. The victims included members of the McLendon family;...	United States	2009	Michael McLendon	10	McLendon, a 28-year-old unemployed man, used an SKS rifle SKS The SKS is a Soviet semi-automatic rifle chambered for the 7.62x39mm round, designed in 1943 by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. SKS-45 is an acronym for Samozaryadnyj Karabin sistemy Simonova, 1945 Simonov system, 1945), or SKS 45. The Sks is a scaled down version of the PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle also... , a Bushmaster AR-15 AR-15 The AR-15 is a lightweight, 5.56 mm, air-cooled, gas-operated, magazine-fed semi-automatic rifle, with a rotating-lock bolt, actuated by direct impingement gas operation. It is manufactured with the extensive use of aluminum alloys and synthetic materials.... and a .38-caliber handgun to kill 10 people before shooting himself.
Winnenden school shooting Winnenden school shooting The Winnenden school shooting occurred on the morning of 11 March 2009 at a secondary school in Winnenden, Baden-Württemberg, in southwestern Germany, followed by a shootout at a car dealership in nearby Wendlingen. The shooting spree resulted in 16 deaths, including the suicide of the perpetrator,...	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	2009	Tim Kretschmer	15	Kretschmer, a 17-year-old former student, used a Beretta 92FS to kill 15 people in two separate locations before shooting himself.
2009 attack on the Dutch Royal Family 2009 attack on the Dutch royal family The 2009 attack on the Dutch Royal Family occurred in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, where a man drove his car at high speed into a parade which included Queen Beatrix, Prince Willem-Alexander and other members of the Dutch Royal Family; the attack happened on 30 April, the Dutch national holiday of...	Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	2009	Karst Tates	8	A 38-year-old man drove his car at high speed into a parade which included Queen Beatrix, Prince Willem-Alexander and other members of the Dutch Royal Family, killing 7 spectators and participants as well as himself.
Fort Hood shooting Fort Hood shooting The Fort Hood shooting was a mass shooting that took place on November 5, 2009, at Fort Hood, the most populous U.S. military installation in the world, located just outside Killeen, Texas. In the course of the shooting, a single gunman killed 13 people and wounded 29 others...	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	2009	Nidal Malik Hasan Nidal Malik Hasan Nidal Malik Hasan, USA is a United States Army officer and sole suspect in the November 5, 2009, Fort Hood shooting, which occurred less than a month before he would have deployed to Afghanistan....	14	Fourteen people killed and 29 wounded in a mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in... . The shooter, a U.S. Army major Major (United States) In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel... Nidal Malik Hasan Nidal Malik Hasan Nidal Malik Hasan, USA is a United States Army officer and sole suspect in the November 5, 2009, Fort Hood shooting, which occurred less than a month before he would have deployed to Afghanistan.... was carrying an FN Five-seven along with a .357 Magnum .357 Magnum The .357 S&W Magnum , or simply .357 Magnum, is a revolver cartridge created by Elmer Keith, Phillip B. Sharpe, Colonel D. B. Wesson of firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson, and Winchester. It is based upon Smith & Wesson's earlier .38 Special cartridge. The .357 Magnum cartridge was introduced in... revolver, he was shot and injured by a police officer.
Sello mall shooting Sello mall shooting The Sello mall shooting occurred on the morning of 31 December 2009 shortly after 10:08 local time at the Sello Prisma hypermarket in Leppävaara district of Espoo, Finland. The shooting was believed to have been started after Ibrahim Shkupolli, the alleged gunman, found that his ex-girlfriend had a...	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	2009	Ibrahim Shkupolli	5	On 31 December 2009, 43-year-old Ibrahim Shkupolli, a Kosovar Albanian immigrant with a history of violence and criminal activity, stabbed and killed his ex-girlfriend in her Espoo Espoo Espoo is the second largest city and municipality in Finland. The population of the city of Espoo is . It is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area along with the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. Espoo shares its eastern border with Helsinki and Vantaa, while enclosing Kauniainen.... apartment before moving on to the Sello mall, where her new boyfriend worked. He shot and killed four people at the mall with a stolen handgun, injuring none. His ex-girlfriends new lover was believed to be among the victims. Later that day, Shkupolli was found dead in his nearly-empty apartment of an apparent suicide.
2010 Appomattox shootings 2010 Appomattox shootings The 2010 Appomattox shootings was a spree shooting in Appomattox, Virginia on January 19, 2010.The incident began when police were called to a road outside Appomattox on a report of a man who required medical attention. When police arrived, they were fired on by the suspect, Christopher Bryan...	United States	2010	Christopher Speight	8	Speight killed eight people in three locations in Appomattox, Virginia Appomattox, Virginia Appomattox is a town in Appomattox County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,761 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Appomattox County.Appomattox is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:... with a high-powered rifle Rifle A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile , imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the... over the course of several hours before surrendering to police.
Cumbria shootings Cumbria shootings The Cumbria shootings was a killing spree that occurred on 2 June 2010 when a lone gunman, Derrick Bird, killed 12 people and injured 11 others before killing himself in Cumbria, England....	United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	2010	Derrick Bird	12	Bird, a 52-year-old taxi driver, shot dead 12 people in several towns and villages in west Cumbria Cumbria Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in... . He also injured 11 others in a four-hour rampage. Bird took his life with his own gun.
2010 Bratislava shooting	Slovakia Slovakia The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...	2010	Ľubomír Harman Ľubomír Harman Ľubomír Harman was a Slovak spree killer who on August 30, 2010 killed 7 people, and wounded 17 more in a densely populated suburb of the Slovak capital Bratislava, before committing suicide after receiving what would have been a fatal wound from the police...	8	Eight people (including the perpetrator) died and 17 were injured after a gunman opened fire armed with a Vz. 58 assault rifle in a suburb of Bratislava Bratislava Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava... , Slovakia Slovakia The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south... . Harman is the first gun-wielding Slovak spree killer.
2011 Alphen aan den Rijn shopping mall shooting	Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	2011	Tristan van der Vlis	7	Six people were killed by a gunman who then committed suicide and 17 were injured in a shopping mall in Alphen aan den Rijn Alphen aan den Rijn Alphen aan den Rijn is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, between Leiden and Utrecht. The town is situated on the banks of the river Oude Rijn , where the river Gouwe branches off. The municipality had a population of 72,674 in 2010, and covers an... , Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... .
2011 Grand Rapids, Michigan shooting	United States	2011	Rodrick Dantzler	8	Seven people killed in two separate homes and two persons injured by firearms, suspect later killed himself after holding three people hostage in a home.
2011 Norway attacks 2011 Norway attacks The 2011 Norway attacks were two sequential terrorist attacks against the government, the civilian population and a summer camp in Norway on 22 July 2011....	Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	2011	Anders Behring Breivik Anders Behring Breivik Anders Behring Breivik is a Norwegian terrorist, paranoid schizophrenic and the confessed perpetrator of the Norway attacks on 22 July 2011: the bombing of government buildings in Oslo that resulted in eight deaths, and the mass shooting at a camp of the Workers' Youth League of the Labour Party...	77	On July 22, 2011, Breivik, a right-wing terrorist with extremist views, killed eight people with a car bomb he had planted outside of a government building in Oslo. Two hours later, dressed in a police uniform, he opened fire at a summer camp operated by the youth division of the Norwegian Labour Party on the island of Utøya Utøya Utøya is a small island in the Tyrifjorden lake in Hole municipality, in the county of Buskerud, Norway. The island is , situated off the shore, by the E16 road, driving distance north-west of Oslo city centre.-Overview:... , killing 69 people, most of whom were teenagers. When police arrived on the island, Brevik surrendered without resistance.
2011 Copley Township, Ohio shooting 2011 Copley Township, Ohio shooting The Copley Township shooting was a shooting spree conducted by Michael E. Hance, 51, in Copley Township, Summit County, Ohio. Seven people were shot dead before the gunman was shot and killed by the police...	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	2011	Michael Hance	7	Armed with a Hi-Point .45 ACP Hi-Point .45 ACP The 'Hi-Point .45 ACP' is a polymer-framed semi-automatic blowback-operated pistol manufactured by Hi-Point Firearms. The pistol has an integral accessory rail, and a thumb safety. It is also capable of firing +P ammunition. The weapon uses the large .45 ACP cartridge, and is the largest pistol... and a .357 magnum .357 Magnum The .357 S&W Magnum , or simply .357 Magnum, is a revolver cartridge created by Elmer Keith, Phillip B. Sharpe, Colonel D. B. Wesson of firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson, and Winchester. It is based upon Smith & Wesson's earlier .38 Special cartridge. The .357 Magnum cartridge was introduced in... revolver, Hance went on a shooting spree. He first wounded his girlfriend , then he killed seven people before being shot and killed by police.

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