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This is a list of mass or spree killers in Europe that committed familicide. A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills 3 or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period, not including themself. [1] [2] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others. [3] [4] [5]
The victims must have been largely the relatives of the perpetrator to be considered a familicide.
This list does not include serial killers, members of democidal governments, or major political figures who orchestrated such actions.
Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional notes | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Menci, Angiolo, 42 | May 11 | 1900 | Castiglion Fiorentino | Italy | 10 |
3 |
FMA | Arrested Killed numerous animals |
[6] |
2. | Girerd, Roger, 34* | May 20 | 1965 | Charvieu-Chavagneux | France | 10 |
0 |
FM | Committed suicide Killed a dog |
[7] |
3. | Brückner, Wilhelm, 31* | June 6/7 | 1925 |
Hassenberg & Lindenberg |
Weimar Republic | 9 |
1 |
M | Committed suicide | |
4. | Bihl, Christoff* | Aug. 25 | 1580 | Zabern | Holy Roman Empire | 9 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to death and executed | [8] |
5. | Austin, Thomas* | 1694 | Cullompton, Mid Devon, Devon | England | 9 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to death and executed | [9] | |
6. | Kisselef, Ign.* (Киселёв) |
March 15 | 1912 | Shenkursk | Russian Empire | 8–9 |
? |
M | [10] | |
7. | King, Leonard, 40* | Sept. 18 | 1954 | Shotton, Flintshire, Wales | United Kingdom | 8 |
1 |
MP | Committed suicide Also killed a dog |
[11] |
8. | Eisenbeiß, Hans, 42 | April 28 | 1606 | Eliasbrunn | Holy Roman Empire | 8 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to death and executed Terminated a pregnancy |
[12] |
9. | Elfskifsen, ---, 54* | Aug. 11/12 | 1843 | Härnösand | Sweden | 8 |
0 |
M | Arrested | [13] |
10. | Thode, Timm, 23 | Aug. 7/8 | 1866 | Groß-Campen | German Confederation | 8 |
0 |
MA | Sentenced to death and executed Also killed a dog and wounded another |
[14] |
11. | Diószegi, Flórián | Aug. 21 | 1893 | Hódmezővásárhely | Austria-Hungary | 8 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [15] |
12. | Pablo Gideon* | Dec. | 1915 | Dörfl | German Empire | 8 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [16] |
13. | Baysang, Charles* | April 8 | 1922 | Durlinsdorf | France | 8 |
0 |
M | Arrested | [17] |
14. | Estakis, Valla* | Sept. | 1928 | Greece | 8 |
0 |
F | [18] | ||
15. | Lambrecht, Karl, 52* | June 6 | 1934 | Aichhalden | Nazi Germany | 8 |
0 |
Committed suicide | [19] | |
16. | Kecinski, Harry, 44* | April 20/21 | 1970 | Fahrdorf | West Germany | 8 |
0 |
F | Committed suicide | [20] |
17. |
Belov, Oleg Petrovich, 51* (Белов, Олег Петрович) |
July 27/ Aug. 3 |
2015 | Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | 8 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to life imprisonment Terminated a pregnancy |
|
18. | Zykaj, Ritvan, 24 | Aug. 10 | 2018 | Resulaj | Albania | 8 |
0 |
F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [21] |
19. | Unknown* | Jan. | 1927 | Petergof | Soviet Union | 8 |
? |
M | [22] | |
20. |
Čedić, Dragan, 31 (Драган Чедић) |
July 26/27 | 2002 | Leskovac | Serbia and Montenegro | 7 |
4 |
F | Committed suicide | [23] |
21. | Svoboda, Josef, 43 | Feb. 27/28 | 1967 | Jeseník | Czechoslovakia | 7 |
3 |
M | Committed suicide | |
22. | Staridas, Spyros Athanasios, 33 (Σπυρος Αθανάσιος Σταριδας) |
June 28 | 1981 | Trikala | Greece | 7 |
3 |
F | Committed suicide | [24] |
23. | Taylor, Frank* | March 7 | 1895 | London, England | United Kingdom | 7 |
1 |
M | Committed suicide | [25] |
24. | Giorgi, Nicola, 50 | July 20 | 1922 | Pietrafitta | Italy | 7 |
1 |
F | Arrested | [26] |
25. | Endres, Blasius | Aug. 9 | 1585 | Wangen im Allgäu | Holy Roman Empire | 7 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to death and executed Terminated a pregnancy |
[27] |
26. | Unknown* | June 12 | 1597 | Sprottau | Holy Roman Empire | 7 |
0 |
Sentenced to death and executed | [28] | |
27. | Mosenheuer, Michel* | Jan. 13 | 1616 | Benterode | Holy Roman Empire | 7 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [29] |
28. | Rosenzweig, Heinrich* | Jan. 2 | 1621 | Quedlinburg | Holy Roman Empire | 7 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to death and executed | [30] |
29. | Whitworth, William Henry, 39* | May 18 | 1860 | Sandown Fort, Isle of Wight, England | United Kingdom | 7 |
0 |
M | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [31] |
30. | Duggan, Walter James* | June 28 | 1869 | London, England | United Kingdom | 7 |
0 |
P | Committed suicide | [32] |
31. | Derby, Samuel Hill, 35* | Feb. | 1888 | Salford, Greater Manchester, England | United Kingdom | 7 |
0 |
P | Committed suicide | [33] |
32. | Bienert, Ernst Julius* | Dec. 14/15 | 1903 | Meißen | German Empire | 7 |
0 |
P | Attempted suicide | [34] |
33. | Boronkoff, Ivan* | March 17 | 1904 | Kotjoff | Russian Empire | 7 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [35] |
34. | Szczuka, ---* | Feb. 9 | 1910 | Zarizyn | Russian Empire | 7 |
0 |
M | Arrested | [36] |
35. | Bratz, Alfred, 50* | Jan. 9 | 1914 | Soldau | German Empire | 7 |
0 |
FMP | Committed suicide Also killed a dog |
[37] |
36. | Schützenhöfer, Anna, 43* | Nov. 30 | 1915 | Dörfl | Austria-Hungary | 7 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [38] |
37. | Cavel, Johann | July 31 | 1928 | Körmend | Hungary | 7 |
0 |
F | Committed suicide | [39] |
38. | Larssen, Øyvind, 21* | March 30 | 1932 | Verdal | Norway | 7 |
0 |
MA | Arrested | [40] |
39. | Giebel, Friedrich, 38* | Oct. 19/20 | 1940 | Mainz | Nazi Germany | 7 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [41] |
40. | Hansen, Peter Christian, 36* | April 14 | 1949 | Nejede | Denmark | 7 |
0 |
M | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [42] |
41. | Capek, Franz, 41* | Oct. 7 | 1956 | Waltersdorf | Austria | 7 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [43] |
42. | Antonello, Mauro, 40 | Oct. 15 | 2002 | Chieri | Italy | 7 |
0 |
F | Committed suicide | [44] |
43. | Asadullin, Khubulla Abdullovich, 54 (Асадуллин, Хубулла Абдуллович) |
Aug. 18 | 2005 | Chelyabinsk | Russia | 7 |
0 |
MA | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [45] |
44. | Rösthell, Jörg* | April 11 | 1599 | Prüsseln | Holy Roman Empire | 7 |
? |
[46] | ||
45. | Unknown* | June | 1927 | Zabie | Poland | 7 |
? |
F | [47] | |
46. | Schurr, Adrian, 26 | Jan. 24 | 2020 | Rot am See | Germany | 6 |
2 |
F | Sentenced to 15 years in prison | |
47. | Rundström, Anders | Nov. 5 | 1833 | Roukalahti | Russian Empire | 6 |
1 |
M | Attempted suicide | [48] |
48. | Heikkilä, Kalle Juho, 37* | April 5 | 1905 | Kiekka | Russian Empire | 6 |
1 |
FM | Arrested | [49] |
49. | Wilsdorf, Edmund Hermann* | March 9/10 | 1907 | Dresden | German Empire | 6 |
1 |
F | Committed suicide | [50] |
50. | Karapetiez, --- | March 31 | 1907 | Alexandropol | Russian Empire | 6 |
1 |
M | Committed suicide | [51] |
51. | Konieczny, Czeslaw, 25* | Dec. 1/2 | 1929 | Peruschütz | Poland | 6 |
1 |
M | Arrested | [52] |
52. | Haroutunian, Joanes, 43* | Jan. 31 | 1930 | Marseille | France | 6 |
1 |
F | Committed suicide | [53] |
53. | Schimansky, Franz, 41* | April 3 | 1930 | Merkstein | Weimar Republic | 6 |
1 |
M | Arrested | [54] |
54. | Tymkow, Wasyl, 30 | Feb. 10 | 1937 | Krasne | Poland | 6 |
1 |
F | Attempted suicide | [55] |
55. | Barboux, Roger, 33 | Oct. 19 | 1954 | Dun-le-Poëlier | France | 6 |
1 |
FMA | Committed suicide | [56] |
56. | Kaya, Hakan, 24* | Dec. 22 | 2000 | Salzgitter | Germany | 6 |
1 |
F | Sentenced to life imprisonment Terminated a pregnancy |
[57] |
57. | Petrović, Tomislav, 45 | May 29 | 2008 | Gornja Lipnica & Trstje | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 |
1 |
F | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [58] |
58. |
Šefer, Rade, 55* (Раде Шефер) |
May 17 | 2015 | Orom & Martonoš | Serbia | 6 |
1 |
F | Killed | [59] |
59. | Unknown* | 1614 | Valencia | Spain | 6 |
0 |
Sentenced to death and executed | [60] | ||
60. | Rüsau, Johann Georg, 51–52* | Aug. 15. | 1803 | Hamburg | Holy Roman Empire | 6 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to death and executed | [61] |
61. | Moog, Johann Gottlieb* | Aug. 21 | 1817 | Frankfurt | German Confederation | 6 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide Terminated a pregnancy |
[62] |
62. | Holzwart, Christian* | Dec. 28/29 | 1845 | Sudenburg | German Confederation | 6 |
0 |
MA | Sentenced to death | [63] |
63. | Brough, Mary Ann, 43* | June 10 | 1854 | Esher, London, England | United Kingdom | 6 |
0 |
M | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [64] |
64. | Unknown* | 1856 | Livorno | Italy | 6 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [65] | |
65. | Rodewald, Eduard, 34* | Jan. 8 | 1862 | Neu-Sobrusan | Austria-Hungary | 6 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to death | [66] |
66. | Errigo, Giuseppe* | June | 1870 | Casa Taverna | Italy | 6 |
0 |
FM | Committed suicide | [67] |
67. | Ruchalski, ---* | June 17/18 | 1875 | Zendowo | German Empire | 6 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [68] |
68. | Nill, Bernhard, 34* | May 10 | 1885 | Bodelshausen | German Empire | 6 |
0 |
MA | [69] | |
69. | Muckelmann, Friedrich* | Dec. 23 | 1885 | Hamm | German Empire | 6 |
0 |
M | Arrested | [70] |
70. | Grosgeorge, Jean-Baptiste, 41* | May 28 | 1889 | Rougiville | France | 6 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [71] |
71. | Linke, Wilhelm, 36* | Aug. 30 | 1905 | Kamenz | German Empire | 6 |
0 |
MA | Arrested | [72] |
72. | Head, Peter Robert* | Sept. 22 | 1905 | Amesbury, Wiltshire, England | United Kingdom | 6 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [73] |
73. | Glaser, Anton, 30* | April 8/9 | 1907 | Dortmund | German Empire | 6 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [74] |
74. | Nielsen, Maren | July | 1907 | Tvis | Denmark | 6 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [75] |
75. | Bouvier, Alexis-Désiré, 37* | Dec. 11 | 1909 | Toulon | France | 6 |
0 |
FM | Committed suicide | [76] |
76. | Zautze, ---* | Sept. 12 | 1911 | Wassel | German Empire | 6 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [77] |
77. | Dillinger, Heinrich Friedrich Karl* | Feb. 12 | 1912 | Reichenbach im Vogtland | German Empire | 6 |
0 |
F | Arrested | [78] |
78. | Kudraszew, ---* | April | 1912 | Lubimow | Russian Empire | 6 |
0 |
Arrested | [79] | |
79. | Husak, Franz, 44* | Feb. 4 | 1913 | Prague | Austria-Hungary | 6 |
0 |
P | Committed suicide | [80] |
80. | Lengs, ---, 50 | April | 1913 | Sejny | Russian Empire | 6 |
0 |
F | Arrested | [81] |
81. | Denk, Johann, 49* | April | 1916 | Mühlbach | German Empire | 6 |
0 |
F | Committed suicide | [82] |
82. | Hecker, ---* | Jan. 22/23 | 1917 | Weilheim | German Empire | 6 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [83] |
83. | Blaschkowski, Johann, 44 | June 17 | 1926 | Dortmund | Weimar Republic | 6 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [84] |
84. | Lewandowski, Leon, 21 | Feb. 24 | 1927 | Groß-Tarpnia | Poland | 6 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to death | [85] |
85. | Hapczuk, Iwan* | June 2/3 | 1927 | Zabie | Poland | 6 |
0 |
FMA | Sentenced to death | [86] |
86. | Mitroff, ---, 25* | Oct. 27 | 1927 | Chamlievo | Bulgaria | 6 |
0 |
M | Arrested | [87] |
87. | Kozaczek, Józef, 20* | Aug. 14 | 1929 | Wierzbowka | Poland | 6 |
0 |
M | Arrested | [88] |
88. | Müller, ---, 30* | March 1 | 1930 | Chemnitz | Weimar Republic | 6 |
0 |
P | Committed suicide | [89] |
89. | Poikonen, Onni, 32* | Sept. 21 | 1930 | Karstula | Finland | 6 |
0 |
MA | Perished in the fire | [90] |
90. | Skoruppa, Robert* | May 29 | 1931 | Knurów | Poland | 6 |
0 |
M | Arrested | [91] |
91. | Delafé, Pierre* | Feb. 9 | 1932 | Moirax | France | 6 |
0 |
FM | Sentenced to death | [92] |
92. | Meurer, Kurt Wilhelm, 37 | March 24/25 | 1932 | Jena | Weimar Republic | 6 |
0 |
F | Committed suicide | [93] |
93. | Studnitz, Anton, 37* | July | 1934 | Rybnik | Poland | 6 |
0 |
P | Committed suicide | [94] |
94. | Monchaux, Alfred, 44* | Oct. 12 | 1934 | Cambron | France | 6 |
0 |
MA | Committed suicide | [95] |
95. | Tainio, Lauri, 43* | Jan. 27 | 1937 | Hietala | Finland | 6 |
0 |
F | Committed suicide | [96] |
96. | Ochea, Albundi* | March | 1937 | Transsylvania | Romania | 6 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [97] |
97. | Schaßberger, Hugo, 37* | Aug. 27 | 1938 | Stuttgart | Nazi Germany | 6 |
0 |
MA | Committed suicide | [98] |
98. | Devillechaise, Paul, 41* | March 18 | 1939 | Autun | France | 6 |
0 |
FM | Committed suicide while awaiting trial | [99] |
99. | Unknown* | 1943 | Chukotka | Soviet Union | 6 |
0 |
Committed suicide | [100] | ||
100. | Damm, Auguste, 43* | April 26 | 1943 | Zürich | Switzerland | 6 |
0 |
F | Committed suicide | [101] |
101. | Lehtikoski, Ervi Matti, 31* | Aug. 21 | 1944 | Kainasto | Finland | 6 |
0 |
FM | Committed suicide | [102] |
102. | Goebbels, Magda, 43 | May 1 | 1945 | Berlin | Nazi Germany | 6 |
0 |
P | Committed suicide | |
103. | Serval, Jean* | Oct. 11 | 1950 | Essey-lès-Nancy | France | 6 |
0 |
P | Committed suicide | [103] |
104. | Gillette, Léon, 70* | April 15 | 1952 | Le Tronquay | France | 6 |
0 |
MA | Committed suicide | [104] |
105. | Ruiz Martínez, José Maria, 45* | May 1 | 1962 | Madrid | Spain | 6 |
0 |
FM | Committed suicide | [105] |
106. | Suni, Uuno Ensio, 36* | Sept. 25 | 1962 | Muukko | Finland | 6 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [106] |
107. | Buschbeck, Kurt-Hermann, 44* | Aug. 4/5 | 1968 | Breitenbach | West Germany | 6 |
0 |
MO | Committed suicide | [107] |
108. | Vestergaard, Søren, 49* | Jan. 28 | 1969 | Hee | Denmark | 6 |
0 |
FM | Committed suicide | [108] |
109. | Leifeld, Liselotte, 33* | Sept. 23 | 1969 | Ahlen | West Germany | 6 |
0 |
F P | Committed suicide | [109] |
110. | Rodriguez Taboadelo, Nicanor, 48 | Jan. 30 | 1971 | Ourense | Spain | 6 |
0 |
F | Arrested | [110] |
111. | Pankhurst, Richard Thomas, 30* | June 23 | 1971 | Biddenden, Borough of Ashford, Kent, England | United Kingdom | 6 |
0 |
M | Arrested | [111] |
112. | Sobok, Ryszard, 29 | Feb. 11/12 | 1981 | Walim | Poland | 6 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to death and executed Terminated a pregnancy |
[112] |
113. | Deraymaeker, Josef, 63* | Feb. 23/24 | 1985 | Overijse | Belgium | 6 |
0 |
F | Committed suicide | [113] |
114. | Püschner, Karl-Heinz, 36* | Feb. 12 | 1986 | Geisenfeld | West Germany | 6 |
0 |
MP | Committed suicide | [114] |
115. | Le Van Than, 41* | July 10 | 1994 | Coudekerque-Branche | France | 6 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [115] |
116. | Demule, Guy, 37 | July 19 | 1994 | Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne | France | 6 |
0 |
FM | Committed suicide | [116] |
117. | Polevoi, Alexi, 17 | Feb. 27 | 1995 | Paris | France | 6 |
0 |
F | Sentenced to eight years in prison | [117] |
118. | Valente, Alfredo, 33* | Nov. 19 | 1996 | Buonvicino | Italy | 6 |
0 |
F | Sentenced to 30 years in prison | [118] |
119. | Selamet, Ozan, 42 | Jan. 18 | 2002 | Brussels | Belgium | 6 |
0 |
FM | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [119] |
120. | McElhill, Arthur, 39* | Nov. 13 | 2007 | Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland | United Kingdom | 6 |
0 |
A | Perished in the fire | [120] |
121. | Rzeszowski, Damian, 30 | Aug. 14 | 2011 | Saint Helier | Jersey | 6 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to six concurrent 30-year terms | [121] |
122. | Chambers, John* | 1725 | Simer, North Yorkshire, England | Great Britain | 6 |
? |
Sentenced to death and executed | [122] | ||
123. | Nikolitch, --- | Sept. | 1906 | Gostionitza | Serbia | 6 |
? |
M | Arrested | [123] |
124. | Massetti, Giuseppe* | Oct. 19 | 1913 | Rovato | Italy | 6 |
? |
F A | [124] | |
125. | Unknown* | 1927 | Ryazan | Soviet Union | 6 |
? |
M | [125] | ||
126. | Unknown | Feb. | 1929 | Radom | Poland | 6 |
? |
[126] | ||
127. | Sitko, 21 | Aug. | 1930 | Baranovichi | Poland | 6 |
? |
A | [127] | |
128. | Hall, Frederick* | May 31 | 1898 | Nettlebank, Staffordshire, England | United Kingdom | 5–6 |
0–1 |
M | Committed suicide Terminated a pregnancy |
[128] |
129. | Seelenberg, Hermann* | July 13 | 1910 | Helmstedt | German Empire | 5-6 |
0-1 |
F | Committed suicide | [129] |
130. | Bertling, ---* | June | 1917 | Gotha | German Empire | 5-6 |
0-1 |
F | Attempted suicide | [130] |
131. | Niballi, Antonio, 44* | May | 1893 | Nicastro | Italy | 5–6 |
0 |
F | Committed suicide | [131] |
132. | Berko | Sept. 23 | 1905 | Horodenka | Austria-Hungary | 4–7 |
0–3 |
F | Arrested | [132] |
133. | Gray, Edmond, 52* | Jan. 23 | 1934 | Berzée | Belgium | 4–6 |
0–2 |
M | Committed suicide | [133] |
134. | Rosner, Johann, 23 | Oct. 28/29 | 1875 | Kirchfidisch | Austria-Hungary | 4–6 |
0 |
MA | Sentenced to death and executed | [134] |
135. | Lomnitzky, Josef* | Dec. | 1930 | Ardanova | Czechoslovakia | 3–8 |
0–5 |
P | Committed suicide | [135] |
* – Marks cases where all the victims were relatives of the perpetrator
W – A basic description of the weapons used in the murders
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