mass murder
act of killing a large number of people by non-state actors
Hama Massacre
suppression of the Islamic Revolution and killing of thousands of civilians in Hama, Syria, 1982
Ichikawa Family Murder Case
19-year-old robbery murder case occurred in Chiba Prefecture, Japan in March 1992
Tokyo Metropolitan Murders
unsolved serial murders in Japan
Bardo National Museum attack
2015 mass killing of hostages by militants in Tunis
Salamanca nightclub shooting
2019 mass shooting in Mexico
National Socialist Underground murders
2000s series of murders by neo-Nazis in Germany
Hungerford massacre
fatal shooting of 16 people in Hungerford, U.K.
Nepalese royal massacre
event on 1 June 2001 in Kathmandu, Nepal in which Crown Prince Dipendra killed most of the royal family (including King Birendra and himself) with a gun
Beltway sniper attacks
The D.C. or Beltway sniper attacks were a series of coordinated shootings that took place over three weeks in October 2002 in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
Bath School disaster
1927 bombing attacks in Bath Township, Michigan
Port Arthur massacre
1996 mass shooting in Tasmania, Australia
Cambodian genocide
genocide of 3 million Cambodians, and ethnic minorities in Cambodia, (25–33% population) by the communist Khmer Rogue in 1975–79
Pinsk massacre
Massacre of Jews by Poland
massacre of Vinca
1944 war crime committed by German and fascist soldiers at Carrara, Italy
assassination campaign
series of assassinations carried out to achieve a larger political goal
Lex Street Massacre
mass murder that took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Oklahoma Girl Scout murders
unsolved murder case of three girl scouts who were raped and murdered in the early hours of June 13th 1977 in Oklahoma
Wickenburg Massacre
mass murder 5 November 1871 in the Arizona Territory
McStay family murder
2010 murder of California family
Romagna massacre
1944 war crimes committed in Tuscany, Italy
Kuwait mosque bombing
bombing which took place on 26 June 2015 at a Shia mosque in Kuwait
Denmark Place fire
arson incident which killed 37 people in London in 1980
Clutter family murders
1959 killings in Kansas
Wakayama poison curry case
Mass murder in Wakayama, Japan in July 1998
Katyn massacre
Soviet mass murder of 22,000 Poles in several parts of European Russia, including in the Katyn forest, which became a pars pro toto name for the whole massacre
Oklahoma City bombing
1995 terrorist attack in the United States
hundred-man killing contest
1937 event during the Japanese invasion of China
September Massacres
Wave of killings in France in 2–7 Sept. 1792 during the French Revolution, in which half the prison population of Paris (that is, approximately 1200–1400 people) were summarily executed
Black Friday
mass shooting of protesters in Pahlavi Iran on 8 September 1978
Osage Indian murders
a series of murders of Osage Indians in Osage County, Oklahoma
Highway of Tears murders
and murders
Westgate shopping mall shooting
Terrorist attack at a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya on 21 September 2013
Peshawar church bombing
Pakistani church bombing
Lava Lake murders
Unsolved Oregon triple-murder
Aberdeen, Maryland shooting
2018 Mass shooting in Aberdeen, Maryland
LeBaron family massacre
massacre of Mexican-Americans in LaMora, Sonora, Mexico
pogrom
violent attack on an ethnic or religious group, either approved or conducted by the local authorities
Columbine High School massacre
school shooting at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States on 20 April 1999
Tulle murders
German mass killing in France, 1944
Church Street bombing
1983 car bomb attack in Pretoria, South Africa, perpetrated by Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the ANC
Vitoria massacre
massacre in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country of Spain, perpetrated on 3 March 1976
massacre
incident where some group is killed by another
Black Dinner
1440 event in which the 16-year-old William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas and his younger brother were invited to dine with the 10-year-old King James Ⅱ of Scotland; after dinner the brothers were dragged to Castle Hill, mock-tried and beheaded
Gage Park stabbings
murders
Tate murders
1969 homicides by the Manson Family in Los Angeles
Santa Fe High School shooting
mass shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, United States