List of rampage killers (home intruders in Europe)
This section of the list of rampage killers (home intruders) contains those cases that occurred in Europe.
This section of the list of rampage killers contains those cases that either occurred mostly within a single household, or where most of the victims were members of a single family not related to the perpetrator. Cases where the primary motive for the murders was to facilitate or cover up another felony, like robbery, are not included.
A rampage killer has been defined as follows:
A rampage involves the (attempted) killing of multiple persons least partly in public space by a single physically present perpetrator using (potentially) deadly weapons in a single event without any cooling-off period.[1]
This list should contain every case with at least one of the following features:
- Rampage killings with 6 or more dead
- In all cases the perpetrator is not counted among those killed or injured.
All abbreviations used in the table are explained below.
Rampage killers
Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional Notes | Ref. | |
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1. | Egorov, Sergey Vladimirovich, 45 (Егоров, Сергей Владимирович) | June 4 | 2017 | Redkino | Russia | 9 | 0 | FM | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
2. | Unknown[n 1] | July | 1847 | Płock Governorate | Russian Empire | 8 | 0 | M | Arrested | [2] |
3. | Angerstein, Fritz, 33[n 2][n 1] | December 1 | 1924 | Haiger | Weimar Republic | 8 | 0 | MA | Sentenced to death and executed Also killed a dog | |
4. | Koszinski, Michal[n 3][n 1] | November 19 | 1909 | Boguslawice [n 4] | Russian Empire | 8 | ? | M | Arrested | [3] |
5. | Williams, John, 27 | December 7/19 | 1811 | London, England | United Kingdom | 7 | 0 | M | Committed suicide while awaiting trial | |
6. | Malmelin, Karl Emil, 27 | May 10 | 1899 | Klaukkala, Nurmijärvi | Russian Empire | 7 | 0 | M | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [4] |
7. | Unknown[n 3] | September 11 | 1912 | Arraiolos | Portugal | 7 | 0 | Arrested | [5] | |
8. | Ughetto, Paul, 18 | October 21 | 1936 | Lardiers | France | 7 | 0 | F | Killed | [6] |
9. | Onoprienko, Anatoly Yuryovych, 36 (Онопрієнко, Анатолій Юрійович) | Jan. 17 | 1996 | Bratkovychi | Ukraine | 7 | 0 | F A | Sentenced to life imprisonment for murder of a total 52 people between 1989 and 1996. Most of these cases were also multiple murders. | [7] |
10. | Kaya, Mehmet, 34[n 3][n 1] | November 9 | 1999 | Bielefeld | Germany | 7 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [8] |
11. | Rufo Barquero, Rosa | July | 1896 | Peraleda de la Mata | Spain | 6 | 2 | MO | Arrested | [9] |
12. | Haroutunian, Joanes, 43[n 2] | January 31 | 1930 | Marseille | France | 6 | 1 | F | Committed suicide | [10] |
13. | Dolique, Pascal, 23[n 3] | October 6 | 1983 | Saint-Martin-le-Noeud | France | 6 | 1 | M | Arrested Witness died from heart attack | [11] |
14. | Marić, Rajko | January 18/19 | 1901 | Semlin | Austria-Hungary | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [12] |
15. | Pola | March | 1906 | Ajaccio | France | 6 | 0 | F | Arrested | [13] |
16. | Michalis[n 3] | August | 1906 | Menidi | Greece | 6 | 0 | FM | [14] | |
17. | Unknown[n 3][n 1] | October 24 | 1912 | Wadowice | Austria-Hungary | 6 | 0 | P | [15] | |
18. | Unknown[n 1] | March 31 | 1922 | Hinterkaifeck | Weimar Republic | 6 | 0 | M | Unsolved | |
19. | Koljonen, Toivo Harald, 30 | March 17 | 1943 | Karhiniemi | Finland | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | |
20. | Thami, Abbad, 31 | October 11 | 1982 | Berre-l'Étang & Mallemort | France | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [16] |
21. | Capan, Josip Joko, 44[n 3][n 1] | July 6 | 1995 | Vidovci | Croatia | 6 | 0 | F | Killed by explosion | [17] |
22. | Vasilenko, Sergei, 21 (Василенко, Сергей) | February 11 | 2005 | Verkhny Ufaley | Russia | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [18] |
23. | Kiselev, Maksim Viktorovych, 27[n 1] (Киселёв, Максим Викторович) | February 26 | 2008 | Orton | Russia | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [19] |
24. | Angelov, Rosen Zhelev, 56 (Росен Желев Ангелов) | Dec 31 | 2017 | Novi Iskar | Bulgaria | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [20] |
25. | Nađ, Igor, 36[n 2] | August 1 | 2019 | Kajzerica | Croatia | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | |
26. | Pilkington, ---[n 1][n 3] | October 31 | 1892 | Ballinadrimna, Ireland | United Kingdom | 5–6 | 2–4 | FMA | Committed suicide | [21] |
27. | Ranga | August 1/2 | 1930 | Naruja | Romania | 3–7 | 0–4 | FM | Killed by police | [22] |
Abbreviations and footnotes
- All the victims were killed in the same household.
- At least one of the victims was a relative of the assailant.
- All the victims were members of the same family.
- There are several places called Bogusławice, all in modern Poland, but some of which were within the Russian Empire in 1910. It may not be possible to determine at which one this event took place.
W – A basic description of the weapons used in the murders
- F – Firearms and other ranged weapons, especially rifles and handguns, but also bows and crossbows, grenade launchers, flamethrowers, or slingshots
- M – Melee weapons, like knives, swords, spears, machetes, axes, clubs, rods, stones, or bare hands
- O – Any other weapons, such as bombs, hand grenades, Molotov cocktails, poison and poisonous gas, as well as vehicle and arson attacks
- A – indicates that an arson attack was the only other weapon used
- V – indicates that a vehicle was the only other weapon used
- E – indicates that explosives of any sort were the only other weapon used
- P – indicates that an anaesthetising or deadly substance of any kind was the only other weapon used (includes poisonous gas)
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– Ein gräßliches Blutbad, Das Kleine Blatt (August 3, 1930)