This section of the list of rampage killers contains all cases that occurred in Europe.
This section does not include school massacres, workplace killings, hate crimes or mass murders that took place primarily in a domestic environment, which form their own categories. Cases where the primary motive for the murders was to facilitate or cover up another felony, like robbery, are also not included.
Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional Notes | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Grachev, Peter | July 31 | 1925 | Ivankovo | Soviet Union |
17
|
3
|
F A | Also killed 12 horses | [1] |
2. | Ryan, Michael Robert, 27° | Aug. 19 | 1987 | Hungerford | U.K. |
16
|
15
|
F A | Committed suicide Also shot his dog |
|
3. | Borel, Eric, 16° | Sep. 23/24 | 1995 | Solliès-Pont & Cuers | France |
15
|
4-5
|
FM | Committed suicide | |
4. | Leibacher, Friedrich Heinz, 57 | Sep. 27 | 2001 | Zug | Switzerland |
14
|
18
|
F E | Committed suicide | |
5. | Wagner, Ernst August, 38° | Sep. 4 | 1913 | Degerloch & Mühlhausen/Enz |
German Reich |
14
|
11
|
FMA | Found not guilty by reason of insanity Also shot two animals |
|
6. | Unknown | June 10–12 | 1945 | Rouen | France |
14
|
9
|
FM | Arrested | [2] |
7. | Dornier, Christian, 31° | July 12 | 1989 | Luxiol | France |
14
|
8-9
|
F | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | |
8. | Dembsky, Vladimir | Feb. 15 | 1904 | Warsaw | Russian Empire |
13
|
10
|
F | Arrested | [3] |
9. | Bird, Derrick, 52° | June 2 | 2010 | Copeland, Cumbria | U.K. |
12
|
11
|
F | Committed suicide | |
10. | Marimon Carles, Jose, 26 | May 21 | 1928 | Pobla de Ferran | Spain |
10
|
2
|
F | Shot dead | [4] |
11. | Hedin, Tore, 25^° | Aug. 22 | 1952 | Saxtorp & Hurva | Sweden |
9
|
10-20
|
MA | Committed suicide | |
12. | Izquierdo, Antonio, 53 Izquierdo, Emilio, 58 |
Aug. 26 | 1990 | Puerto Hurraco | Spain |
9
|
6-12
|
F | Both were sentenced to 684 years in prison | [5] |
13. | Palic, Vinko, 28^° | Jan. 1 | 1993 | Zrinski Topolovac | Croatia |
9
|
5-7
|
F | Committed suicide | [6] |
14. | Tranchita, Rosario | June 25 | 1925 | Librizzi | Italy |
9
|
4
|
F | Shot dead by his nephew | [7] |
15. | Shageyev, Almaz, 21^ (Алмаз Шагеев) Sukhorukov, Mikhail, 20^ (Михаил Сухоруков) |
Feb. 3-5 | 2002 | Tatarstan | Russia |
9
|
2
|
F | Shageyev killed by Sukhorukov Sukhorukov committed suicide |
[8] |
16. | Radosavljevic, Nikola, 38° | July 27 | 2007 | Jabukovac | Serbia |
9
|
2
|
F | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | |
17. | Serski | Sep. 11-18 | 1905 | Mogilev | Russian Empire |
9
|
0-1
|
M | Arrested | [9] |
18. | Durn, Richard, 33 | March 27 | 2002 | Nanterre | France |
8
|
19
|
F | Committed suicide | |
19. | Longo, Gaetano° | Sep. 14 | 1900 | Pastena | Italy |
8
|
2
|
F | Committed suicide | [10] |
20. | Zavistonovičius, Leonardas, 58 | Feb. 15 | 1998 | Draučiai | Lithuania |
8
|
1
|
F | Killed by angry mob | [11] |
21. | Angerstein, Fritz, 32° | Dec. 1/2 | 1924 | Haiger | German Reich |
8
|
0
|
MA | Sentenced to death and executed Also killed a dog |
[12] |
22. | Harman, Ľubomír, 48 | Aug. 30 | 2010 | Devínska Nová Ves | Slovakia |
7
|
15
|
F | Committed suicide | [13] |
23. | Schwarz, Hermann, 24 | Aug. 30/31 | 1912 | Romanshorn | Switzerland |
7
|
6
|
F | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [14] |
24. | Fernández Vázquez, Paulino, 63 | March 8 | 1989 | Chantada | Spain |
7
|
6
|
M | Committed suicide | [15] |
25. | Calvente Guerrero, Antonio^ | Sep. 13 | 1902 | Málaga | Spain |
7
|
5
|
F | Shot by police | [16] |
26. | Mezowiec, Julian, 49 | Oct. 24 | 1928 | Kovel | Poland |
7
|
5
|
M | Arrested | [17] |
27. | Martel, Guy, 41° | June 19 | 1985 | Brittany | France |
7
|
5
|
F | Arrested | [18] |
28. | van Wijnendaele, Michel, 28° | May 12 | 1987 | Bogaarden & Denderwindeke | Belgium |
7
|
3
|
F | Committed suicide | [19] |
29. | Unknown | March | 1901 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
7
|
2+
|
Shot dead | [20] | |
30. | Makranicz, Gregor, 35 | May | 1930 | Kovno | Lithuania |
7
|
1
|
M | [21] | |
31. | Campo Solana, Angel, 64 | Nov. 27 | 1980 | Liermo | Spain |
7
|
1
|
F | Committed suicide | [22] |
32. | Flink, Mattias, 24^ | June 11 | 1994 | Falun | Sweden |
7
|
1
|
F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
33. | Chubarov, Yuri, 47 | Sep. 20 | 1997 | Iecava | Latvia |
7
|
1
|
F | Committed suicide | [23] |
34. | Matajić-Tunja, Antun, 51 | April 14 | 1998 | Slavonski Brod | Croatia |
7
|
1
|
F | Committed suicide | [24] |
35. | Michot, Jean, 42° | April 19 | 1875 | Saint-Maurice-sur-Aveyron | France |
7
|
0
|
M | Found not guilty by reason of insanity Also killed a cat |
[25] |
36. | Pianetti, Simone, 56 | July 13 | 1914 | Camerata Cornello | Italy |
7
|
0
|
F | ||
37. | Two Unknown Men | 1540 | Hluboky | Holy Roman Empire |
7
|
?
|
Both died | [26] | ||
38. | K., Anna, 28° | May 3 | 1856 | Niklowitz | Austrian Empire |
7
|
?
|
M | [27] | |
39. | Tabaczik, --- | Sep. 6 | 1906 | Góra Kalwaria | Russian Empire |
7
|
?
|
M | Arrested | [28] |
40. | Unknown | Feb. 17 | 1997 | Zavyalovka | Ukraine |
7
|
?
|
M | [29] | |
41. | Amrani, Nordine, 33 | Dec. 13 | 2011 | Liège | Belgium |
6
|
123
|
F E | Committed suicide | |
41. | van der Vlis, Tristan, 24 | April 9 | 2011 | Alphen aan den Rijn | Netherlands |
6
|
17
|
F | Committed suicide | [30] |
42. | Unknown | July | 1928 | Jablonica | Yugoslavia |
6
|
11
|
F | [31] | |
43. | Mikolajczyk, Erwin, 39 | March 9 | 1994 | Euskirchen | Germany |
6
|
8
|
F E | Committed suicide | [32] |
44. | Criscione, Erminio, 37 | March 5 | 1992 | Rivera, Massagno & Origlio | Switzerland |
6
|
6
|
F | Committed suicide while awaiting trial | [33] |
45. | Yilmaz, Çevdet, 27 | April 5 | 1983 | Delft | Netherlands |
6
|
4
|
F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [34] |
46. | Rufo Barquero, Rosa | July | 1896 | Peraleda de la Mata | Spain |
6
|
2
|
MO | Arrested | [35] |
47. | Unknown | Oct. 17/18 | 1887 | Schooner "Johannes" |
6
|
1
|
Arrested | [36] | ||
48. | Stojkoff, ---° | April | 1888 | Szerb Klári | Austria-Hungary |
6
|
0
|
FM | Killed by angry mob | [37] |
49. | Werle, Michel, 41 | Nov. 22 | 1981 | Pont-de-Roide | France |
6
|
0
|
F | Committed suicide | [38] |
50. | Milicic, Drago, 23^ | Feb. 2 | 1992 | Bijeljina & Modran | Bosnia-Herzegovina |
6
|
0
|
F | Arrested | [39] |
51. | Shayakhmetov, ---, 66° | June 25 | 1994 | Ural Mountains | Russia |
6
|
0
|
MA | Arrested Killed an unborn child |
[40] |
53. | Gautsch, Johann, 36 | Nov. 21 | 1997 | Mauterndorf | Austria |
6
|
0
|
F | Committed suicide | [41] |
54. | Mazovec, Johann, 18 | Sep. 12 | 1932 | Zalog | Yugoslavia |
6
|
?
|
M | [42] | |
54. | Mladenow, Sdravko (Здравко Младенов) |
Nov. 8 | 1931 | Kumaritza | Bulgaria |
5-10
|
3-7
|
FM | Sentenced to death and executed | [43] |
55. | van Laethem, Camille-Joseph, 52 | Nov. 5 | 1953 | Thy-le-Chateau | Belgium |
5-6
|
0-1
|
FM | Committed suicide | [44] |
56. | Unknown° | Jan. 21 | 1923 | Ravenna | Italy |
5-6
|
?
|
M | Shot dead | [45] |
57. | Ewen, Günter Hermann, 36 | May 16 | 1999 | Dillingen Sierck-les-Bains |
Germany France |
5
|
11
|
F | Committed suicide | [46] |
58. | Semidovskiy, Sergey, 40^ (Сергей Семидовский) |
Aug. 24 | 2002 | Yaroslavka | Russia |
5
|
10
|
F | Committed suicide | [47] |
59. | Nordlund, John Filip, 25 | May 17 | 1900 | Ferry "Prins Carl" | Sweden |
5
|
8
|
FM | Sentenced to death and executed | |
60. | Unknown | April 26 | 1930 | Zidilje | Yugoslavia |
5
|
6
|
F | [48] | |
61. | Zethraeus, Tommy, 25 | Dec. 4 | 1994 | Stockholm | Sweden |
4
|
18-20
|
F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [49] |
62. | Allemand, Jean Baptiste, 27 | July 14 | 1900 | Goult | France |
4
|
8
|
M | Committed suicide | [50] |
63. | Bešlić, Borislav, 41^ | June 18 | 1994 | Osijek | Croatia |
4
|
8
|
F | Arrested | [51] |
65. | Roux-Durrafourt, Jean-Pierre, 44 | Oct. 29 | 2001 | Tours | France |
4
|
7
|
F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [52] |
66. | Molinari, Giuseppe, 25 | July 3 | 1956 | Busto Arsizio | Italy |
4
|
6
|
F | Committed suicide | [53] |
67. | Allafort, Serge, 32 | Oct. 4 | 1972 | Angoulême | France |
4
|
6
|
F | Arrested | [54] |
68. | Unknown | May 24 | 1997 | Balagansk | Russia |
4
|
6
|
F | Committed suicide | [55] |
68. | Peyerl, Martin, 16° | Nov. 1 | 1999 | Bad Reichenhall | Germany |
4
|
5-7
|
F | Committed suicide Also killed his cat |
[56] |
69. | Mazza, Antonio, 27 | March 28 | 1898 | San Lucido | Italy |
3-4
|
10-11
|
M | Arrested | [57] |
70. | Lambrecht, August, 40 | Aug. 23 | 1889 | Lovendegem | Belgium |
3
|
27-30
|
M | Arrested | [58] |
71. | Radmacher, Sabine, 41° | Sep. 19 | 2010 | Lörrach | Germany |
3
|
18
|
FMA | Shot by police | [59] |
72. | Cunsolo, Giuseppe, 33 | Aug. 26 | 1961 | Palermo | Italy |
3
|
11
|
F E | Arrested | [60] |
73. | Sacco, Angelo Secondo, 54 | June 28 | 2005 | Bogogno | Italy |
3
|
9
|
F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [61] |
74. | Yevsyukov, Denis, 32^ (Денис Евсюков) |
April 27 | 2009 | Moscow | Russia |
2-6
|
6-7
|
F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [62] |
75. | Gómez Fernández, Anibal, 27° | July 5 | 1927 | Faramontaos | Spain |
2-4
|
6-8
|
M | Arrested | [63] |
76. | Lillini, Getulio, 23 | Feb. 22 | 1950 | Filottrano | Italy |
2-3
|
23
|
F | Committed suicide | [64] |
77. | Cannarozzo, Michele, 49 | Jan. 9 | 1955 | Ancona | Italy |
2
|
44
|
F E | Committed suicide | [65] |
78. | Two unknown Soldiers^ | March 29 | 1948 | Josefsberg | Austria |
2
|
19
|
F | Both were sentenced to 35 years in prison | [66] |
79. | López Corbacho, Feliciano, 23 | Aug. 23 | 1984 | Zarza de Alange | Spain |
2
|
18
|
F | Arrested | [67] |
80. | Tomschitz, Gustav, 25 | June 4–6 | 1914 | Großhöflein | Austria-Hungary |
2
|
17
|
F | Arrested Also killed two dogs and three pigs |
[68] |
81. | Renard, Odon, 25 | Nov. 18 | 1979 | Hannut | Belgium |
2
|
12
|
F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [69] |
82. | Sartin, Robert James, 22 | April 30 | 1989 | Monkseaton | U.K. |
1
|
14
|
F | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [70] |
83. | Grasso, Angelo, 54 | June 12 | 1983 | Catania | Italy |
1
|
12-25
|
F | Arrested | [71] |
84. | Griffiths, James, 34 | July 15 | 1969 | Glasgow | U.K. |
1
|
12
|
F | Shot by police | [72] |
85. | Beetz, Paul, 43 | Jan. 1 | 1922 | Berlin | German Reich |
1
|
11-12
|
M | Arrested | [73] |
86. | Unknown | June 13 | 1914 | SS Canopic |
0-5
|
20-25
|
M | Arrested | [74] | |
87. | Cuttica, Luigi, 32 | Jan. 4 | 1891 | Parabiago | Italy |
0-1
|
13
|
M | Acquitted due to diminished responsibility | [75] |
88. | P., Mike, 16 | May 26 | 2006 | Berlin | Germany |
0
|
34
|
M | Sentenced to 7 years in prison | [76] |
89. | Unknown | July | 1949 | Paris | France |
0
|
30+
|
M | Arrested | [77] |
90. | Tafuri, Michele, 51 | Oct. 30 | 1960 | Capaccio Scalo | Italy |
0
|
23-24
|
F | Arrested | [78] |
91. | Two unknown Men | March 14 | 1930 | Ilok | Yugoslavia |
0
|
16
|
F | Both were arrested | [79] |
92. | Morgan, David Cedric, 30 | Dec. 8 | 1994 | Birmingham | U.K. |
0
|
15
|
M | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [80] |
93. | Unknown, 32 | Sep. 6 | 2002 | Obfelden | Switzerland |
0
|
14
|
M | Sentenced to 14 years in prison, later reduced to 6 years | [81] |
94. | Martinez Guijarro, Leon, 50 | Jan. 29 | 1931 | Palmaces de Jadraque | Spain |
0
|
12-15
|
F A | Arrested Killed numerous sheep |
[82] |
95. | Giarelli, --- | Nov. 30 | 1913 | Monte Carlo | Monaco |
0
|
12
|
M | Arrested | [83] |
° – At least one of the victims was a relative of the assailant
^ – Assailant was a member of the military, police, or a comparable force at the time of the rampage
W – A basic description of the weapons used in the murders
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