The first part of this section of the list of rampage killers contains all mass murders where the perpetrators predominantly targeted their (former) co-workers, while the second part focuses on cases where soldiers willfully killed their own comrades.
Disgruntled workers
! style="background:#E9D9C0" |Perpetrator |
Date |
Year |
Location |
Country |
Killed |
Injured |
W |
Additional Notes |
Ref. |
1. |
Sherrill, Patrick Henry, |
Aug. 20 |
1986 |
Edmond, OK
|
U.S. |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
2. |
Barton, Mark Orrin, |
July 27 29 |
1999 |
Atlanta, GA
|
U.S. |
|
|
FM |
Committed suicide |
[1] |
3. |
Leung Ying, 29" |
Aug. 22 |
1928 |
Fairfield, CA
|
U.S. |
|
|
FM |
Sentenced to death |
[2] |
4. |
Tazmal Hossein |
Dec. 1 |
1914 |
Naihati |
India |
|
|
M |
Arrested |
[3] |
5. |
Unknown |
July 29 |
1982 |
Maputo |
Mozambique |
|
|
F |
|
[4] |
|
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|
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6. |
More o, Jonathan, 31^" |
Jan. 16 |
2005 |
Kalibo |
Philippines |
|
|
F |
Shot by police |
[5] |
7. |
Wesbecker, Joseph Thomas, |
Sep. 14 |
1989 |
Louisville, KY
|
U.S. |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
8. |
Mansour, Ahmed Ali, 45
( ) |
July 31 |
2002 |
Beirut |
Lebanon |
|
|
F |
Sentenced to death and executed |
[6] |
9. |
Hasebeng, L. S., 27^" |
Aug. 25 |
1992 |
Goedemoed |
South Africa |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
[7] |
10. |
Fernandez, Edgardo, 16" |
Oct. 21 |
1995 |
Olongapo City |
Philippines |
|
|
F |
Arrested |
[8] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11. |
Thornton, Omar Sheriff, |
Aug. 3 |
2010 |
Manchester, CT
|
U.S. |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
[9] |
12. |
Farley, Richard Wade, |
Feb. 16 |
1988 |
Sunnyvale, CA
|
U.S. |
|
|
F |
Sentenced to death |
13. |
Zoritch, Franck, 25 |
July 1 |
1992 |
Besan on |
France |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
[10] |
14. |
Tsui Yin, 41" |
Jan. 26 |
1962 |
Taipei |
Taiwan |
|
|
F |
Sentenced to death and executed |
[11] |
15. |
Stewart, William" |
June 22 |
1828 |
Brig "Mary Russell" |
|
|
|
FM |
Found not guilty by reason of insanity |
[12] |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16. |
Allaway, Edward Charles, 37 |
July 12 |
1976 |
Fullerton, CA
|
U.S. |
|
|
F |
Found not guilty by reason of insanity |
17. |
Samarendra Deka, 22^ |
Nov. 27 |
2004 |
Baramulla |
India |
|
|
F |
Shot by police |
[13] |
18. |
Redureau, Marcel, 15" |
Oct. 1 |
1913 |
Bas-Briac |
France |
|
|
M |
Sentenced to 20 years in prison |
[14] |
19. |
Uyesugi, Byran Koji, 40 |
Nov. 2 |
1999 |
Honolulu, HI
|
U.S. |
|
|
F |
Sentenced to life imprisonment |
[15] |
20. |
McDermott, Michael, |
Dec. 26 |
2000 |
Wakefield, MA
|
U.S. |
|
|
F |
Sentenced to seven consecutive life terms |
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
21. |
San Marco, Jennifer, " |
Jan. 30 |
2006 |
Goleta, CA
|
U.S. |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
22. |
Williams, Douglas P., |
July 8 |
2003 |
Meridian, MS
|
U.S. |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
|
23. |
Held, Leo, " |
Oct. 23 |
1967 |
Lock Haven, PA
|
U.S. |
|
|
F |
Shot by police |
[16] |
24. |
Grace, Edwin James, |
June 21 |
1972 |
Cherry Hill, NJ
|
U.S. |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
[17] |
25. |
Parish, John Felton, " |
Aug. 9 |
1982 |
Grand Prairie, TX
|
U.S. |
|
|
FV |
Shot by police |
[18] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26. |
Cowan, Frederick William, |
Feb. 14 |
1977 |
New Rochelle, NY
|
U.S. |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
[19] |
27. |
Unknown Police Officer^ |
March 11 |
1971 |
Cavite Province |
Philippines |
|
|
F |
|
[20] |
28. |
Layman, Charles N., 44 |
Dec. 16 |
1935 |
Los Angeles, CA
|
U.S. |
|
|
F |
Found not guilty by reason of insanity |
[21] |
29. |
Harpinder Singh, 40^
( ) |
July 16/17 |
2010 |
Kuchai |
India |
|
|
F |
Shot by police |
[22] |
30. |
Surasak, Jaras, 56^
( ) |
Dec. 26 |
2011 |
Khuan Ma Phrao |
Thailand |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
[23] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31. |
Tapia, Salvador, |
Aug. 27 |
2003 |
Chicago, IL
|
U.S. |
|
|
F |
Shot by police |
[24] |
32. |
Ezzatullah, 23^ |
Nov. 29 |
2010 |
Pachir Wagam |
Afghanistan |
|
|
F |
Shot by soldiers |
[25] |
33. |
Cho Sang Kook^ |
Jan. 23 |
1958 |
Hongcheon |
South Korea |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
[26] |
34. |
Unknown Police Officer^ |
Nov. 12 |
1980 |
Ondangwa |
Namibia |
|
|
F |
Arrested |
[27] |
35. |
Gulbuddin, 25^ |
Nov. 3 |
2009 |
Shin Kalay |
Afghanistan |
|
|
F |
|
[28] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
36. |
Hiranwadee, Chaiyaworn, 50^ |
June 11 |
1997 |
Lang Suan |
Thailand |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
[29] |
37. |
Ahmed Mustafa Ibrahim Ali, 30^ |
April 17 |
2004 |
Mitrovica |
Serbia |
|
|
F |
Shot by police |
[30] |
38. |
Smith, Robert Kenneth, |
May 15 |
1969 |
Twinsburg, OH
|
U.S. |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
[31] |
39. |
Torrey, Leslie Bernard, 21 |
March 2 |
1978 |
Jackson, MI
|
U.S. |
|
|
F |
Arrested |
[32] |
40. |
Salomon, Franco, 30 |
Jan. 4 |
1997 |
Taichung County |
Taiwan |
|
|
M |
Arrested |
[33] |
Killings involving soldiers
! style="background:#E9D9C0" |Perpetrator |
Date |
Year |
Location |
Country |
Killed |
Injured |
W |
Additional Notes |
Ref. |
1. |
Sanurip, ---, 36" |
April 15 |
1996 |
Timika Airport |
Indonesia |
|
|
F |
Sentenced to death |
[34] |
2. |
Hasan, Nidal Malik, |
Nov. 5 |
2009 |
Fort Hood, TX
|
U.S. |
|
|
F |
Arrested
Killed an unborn child |
|
3. |
Kim Won-jo, 25 |
May 1 |
1974 |
Kimpo |
South Korea |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
[35] |
4. |
Vaganov, Artur, 22
( ) |
June 2 |
1997 |
Sida |
Abkhazia |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
[36] |
5. |
Lee Wei, 41 |
April 5 |
1962 |
Patch |
Taiwan |
|
|
FA |
Arrested |
[37] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6. |
Ahmed Gul,
( ) |
April 27 |
2011 |
Kabul |
Afghanistan |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
[38] |
7. |
Smith, William Vincent, |
April 23 |
1946 |
LST 172 |
U.S. |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide while awaiting trial |
[39] |
8. |
Ranjith, G. H. G. |
March 2 |
1988 |
Athurugiriya |
Sri Lanka |
|
|
F |
Shot by soldiers |
[40] |
9. |
Madubela, Sibusiso, 28 |
Sep. 16 |
1999 |
Bloemfontein |
South Africa |
|
|
F |
Shot by soldiers |
[41] |
10. |
Kim Dong-min, 22
( ) |
June 19 |
2005 |
Yeoncheon |
South Korea |
|
|
FE |
Sentenced to death |
[42] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11. |
Madaminov, Anvar |
Feb. 22 |
1998 |
Surxondaryo Province |
Uzbekistan |
|
|
F |
Arrested |
[43] |
12. |
Unknown Soldier, 20 |
March 26 |
1992 |
Buryatia |
Russia |
|
|
F |
|
[44] |
13. |
Kuzminykh, Alexander, 19
( ) |
Sep. 10 |
1998 |
Severomorsk |
Russia |
|
|
FM |
Committed suicide |
14. |
Bozhkov, Nikolai, 20
( )
Khismatulin, Oleg, 22
( ) |
Aug. 23 |
2002 |
Ingushetia |
Russia |
|
|
F |
Both were arrested |
[45] |
15. |
Unknown Soldier" |
July |
1988 |
|
Soviet Union |
|
|
F |
Arrested |
[46] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16. |
Mansour Ali Doais, 30
( ) |
Dec. 13 |
2009 |
Ta'izz |
Yemen |
|
|
F |
Sentenced to death
Wounded 14 people in a grenade attack on Dec. 3, 2008 |
[47]
|-
|
17. |
Meneder, Jozef, 19 |
June 3 |
1993 |
Vranje |
Serbia |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
18. |
Dost Muhammad |
Nov. 24 |
1938 |
Kanwali |
India |
|
|
F |
Shot by soldiers |
[48] |
19. |
Naumov, Oleg, 20
( ) |
Jan. 26 |
1998 |
Sakhalin |
Russia |
|
|
FM |
Sentenced to life imprisonment |
[49] |
20. |
Chkheidze, Zurab"
( )
Kamkamidze, Petre"
( ) |
June 24 |
1997 |
Gamardjveba |
Georgia |
|
|
F |
Both were sentenced to life imprisonment |
[50] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21. |
Unknown Soldier |
Dec. 13 |
1884 |
Purworejo |
Indonesia |
|
|
M |
Arrested |
[51] |
22. |
Unknown Soldier |
Feb. 20 |
2011 |
Murovdag |
Azerbaijan |
|
|
F |
|
[52] |
23. |
Fungabelo, Shaweleka" |
Aug. 11 |
1955 |
Kuala Lumpur |
Malaysia |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
[53] |
24. |
Unknown Soldier |
Oct. 22 |
1876 |
Makassar |
Indonesia |
|
|
M |
Shot by soldiers |
[54] |
25. |
Unknown Soldier |
Sep. |
1978 |
|
Philippines |
|
|
|
Committed suicide |
[55] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26. |
Gomez Romero, Johnny Jose, 19 |
Jan. 19 |
1987 |
Cuman |
Venezuela |
|
|
F |
|
[56] |
27. |
Belkov, Dmitry
( )
Bogdashin, Andrei
( ) |
March 8 |
1994 |
Tanfilyeva |
Russia |
|
|
F |
Both were sentenced to death |
[57] |
28. |
Unknown Soldier |
April 13 |
1914 |
Tank |
India |
|
|
F |
Shot by soldiers |
[58] |
29. |
Sheneyi Mede-O,
( ) |
Jan. 21 |
2009 |
Awang Kasom Khullen |
India |
|
|
F |
|
[59] |
30. |
Gorbunov, Yevgeny, 20
( ) |
May 29 |
1997 |
Gusinoozyorsk |
Russia |
|
|
F |
Arrested |
[60] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31. |
Bucal, Olegario, 35 |
Oct. 24 |
2010 |
Palid |
Philippines |
|
|
F |
Shot by soldiers |
[61] |
32. |
Unknown Soldier |
July 11 |
1976 |
Pagadian City |
Philippines |
|
|
F |
Killed |
[62] |
33. |
Labor, Jaime |
Oct. 20 |
1985 |
Pamplona |
Philippines |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
[63] |
34. |
V squez Mojomboy, Jaime, 24 |
Jan. 14 |
2005 |
Pasto |
Colombia |
|
|
F |
Arrested |
[64] |
35. |
Abdul Sabor, 21 |
Jan. 20 |
2012 |
FOB Gwan |
Afghanistan |
|
|
F |
Sentenced to death |
[65] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
36. |
Fichtner, Leopold" |
April 17 |
1916 |
Vienna |
Austria-Hungary |
|
|
F |
Found not guilty by reason of insanity |
[66] |
37. |
Unknown Soldier |
Dec. 25 |
1996 |
Sopore |
India |
|
|
F |
Arrested |
[67] |
38. |
Bugakov, Vyacheslav, 19
( ) |
July 30 |
1995 |
Popov Island |
Russia |
|
|
F |
Arrested |
[68] |
39. |
Solovyev, Denis, 18
( ) |
Nov. 29 |
2002 |
Ptysh |
Russia |
|
|
F |
Sentenced to 20 years in prison |
[69] |
40. |
Unknown Soldier |
Jan. 27 |
2005 |
Gerishk District |
Afghanistan |
|
|
F |
Shot by soldiers |
[70] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
41. |
Yun Sang-tai, 22 |
June 5 |
1969 |
Wonju |
South Korea |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
[71] |
42. |
Saraiva Antunes, Antonio Manuel, |
Nov. 23 |
1988 |
Ajuda |
Portugal |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide or shot by soldiers |
[72] |
43. |
Darwish Khan, 25 |
Oct. 29 |
2011 |
FOB Pacemaker |
Afghanistan |
|
|
F |
Shot by soldiers |
[73] |
44. |
Hernandez, Jose Ovidio |
Sep. 17 |
1993 |
La Uni n |
El Salvador |
|
|
F |
Shot by soldiers |
[74] |
45. |
Kondi Ouatara, 32 |
April 21 |
1923 |
Camp De Sainte Marthe |
France |
|
|
M |
Arrested |
[75] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
46. |
Green, Napoleon, 21 |
Aug. 24 |
1955 |
Manston |
U.K. |
|
|
F |
Committed suicide |
[76] |
47. |
Tsalapatanis, Basileios, 23
( ) |
June 8 |
1965 |
Kilkis |
Greece |
|
|
FE |
Committed suicide |
[77] |
48. |
Hasan Karim Akbar, |
March 23 |
2003 |
Camp Pennsylvania |
Kuwait |
|
|
FE |
Sentenced to death |
49. |
Unknown Soldier |
Sep. 12 |
1877 |
Boekit Daroe |
Indonesia |
|
|
FM |
Arrested |
[78] |
50. |
Paul, James E., 22 |
May 16 |
1970 |
Tay Ninh |
Vietnam |
|
|
F |
Sentenced to 22 years in prison |
[79] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
51. |
Kreutzer, William Joseph, 26 |
Oct. 27 |
1995 |
Fort Bragg, NC
|
U.S. |
|
|
F |
Death Sentence commuted due to mental illnesses |
[80] |
Abbreviations and footnotes
^ – Assailant was a member of the police at the time of the rampage
– At least one of the victims was a relative of the assailant
" – At least one of the victims was not a co-worker of the perpetrator (not indicated, if the victim was a relative)
W – A basic description of the weapons used in the murders
- F – Firearms and other ranged weapons, especially rifles and handguns, but also bows and crossbows, grenade launchers, flamethrowers, or slingshots
- M – Melee weapons, like knives, swords, spears, machetes, axes, clubs, rods, stones, or bare hands
- O – Any other weapons, such as bombs, hand grenades, Molotov cocktails, poison and poisonous gas, as well as vehicle and arson attacks
-
- A – indicates that an arson attack was the only other weapon used
-
- V – indicates that a vehicle was the only other weapon used
-
- E – indicates that explosives of any sort were the only other weapon used
References
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