List of rampage killers (familicides in Africa)

This section of the list of rampage killers contains those cases where at least half of the victims were relatives of the perpetrator or the perpetrator's spouse. Cases with more than one offender 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.
1.	Berri Khan	Feb.	1914	Tripoli	Libya	10	0	MP	Committed suicide	[2]
2.	Mukobero Muchika, Jamin, 43*	April 29	2001	Shibuye	Kenya	9	6	M	Arrested Terminated a pregnancy	[3]
3.	Sobhy Ibrahim Abdel-Alim, 42* (صبحى إبراهيم عبد العليم)	July 19	2007	Minya Governorate	Egypt	8	3	F	Sentenced to death	[4]
4.	Kasoma, Christopher, 43*	April 27	2004	Nsangi	Uganda	8	0	M	Committed suicide Terminated two pregnancies	[5]
5.	Njenga Fundi	Oct. 26/27	1968	Mariani	Kenya	7	3	F P	Arrested	[6]
6.	Siboza, Elias, 60	Feb. 24	2000	Clau Clau	South Africa	7	2	F	Committed suicide	[7]
7.	Nkoana, Clifford, 30*	Nov. 9	1996	Graaff-Reinet	South Africa	7	1	F A	Committed suicide	[8]
8.	Lubbe, Pieter Albertus, 35	Jan. 10	1953	Fauresmith	South Africa	7	0	F	Committed suicide	[9]
9.	Jooste, Johnny, 36*	Feb. 20	2000	Ceres	South Africa	7	0	F	Sentenced to 38 years	[10]
10.	Byekwaso, Abdallah, 28*	Aug. 17	2007	Kiraba	Uganda	7	0	M	Committed suicide	[11]
11.	Mohammad S.*	Jan. 31	2017	Faw Qibli	Egypt	7	0	F	Arrested	[12]
12.	Kamili, Theophil, 52*	Sep. 28	2010	Barazani village	Tanzania	7	0	A	Arrested Killed a number of cattle, sheep and goats	[13]
13.	Unknown, 16*	Oct.	1927	Zagazig	Egypt	6	1	P	Arrested	[14]
14.	Feher, Lios, 33*	Dec. 28	1969	Benoni	South Africa	6	1	F	Committed suicide	[15]
15.	Kapambe, Lemison, 22	June 3	2012	Pondani	Malawi	6	1	M	Killed by angry mob	[16]
16.	J. M., 45*	Jan. 2	1976		Kenya	6	0	M	Arrested	[17]
17.	M'Maroo, William, 17	May 26	1988	Linjoka	Kenya	6	0	M	Died while trying to escape	[18]
18.	van Heerden, Jacobus Johannes, 55*	Feb. 20	2007	Vanderbijlpark	South Africa	6	0	F	Committed suicide	[19]
19.	Thokamolemo, Orelesitse Modise 26*	Jan.	2008	Letlhakane	Botswana	6	0	M	Sentenced to death and executed	[20]
20.	Mokhali, Tsepang Solomon, 21*	Dec.	2012	Inanda	South Africa	6	0	FM	Sentenced to six life terms	[21]
21.	Unknown	June 17	2005	Kajiado	Kenya	6	?		Arrested	[22]

Abbreviations and footnotes

* – Marks cases where all the victims were relatives of the perpetrator

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)

References

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2. Das Schreckensmahl der Rache, Die neue Zeitung (February 19, 1914)
3. Man kills eight family members, Daily Nation (May 1, 2001)
   – Man hacks eight family members to death, Independent Online (May 1, 2001)
   – Man who killed 8 was 'sane and well', Daily Nation (May 3, 2001)
   – Another victim of village attack dies, Daily Nation (May 16, 2001)
   – Mukhobero to be tried for murder of 9, Daily Nation (June 6, 2002)
4. شرطي مصري يقتل 8 من أفراد أسرته, albawaba.com (July 19, 2007)
   – شرطي مصري يقتل 3 من أشقائه و5 من أسرهم بسبب الميراث, alwatanvoice.com (July 20, 2007)
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   – Ugandan hacks his children to death, Independent Online (April 29, 2004)
6. Kenya police hunt poisoned arrow killer, The Straits Times (October 29, 1968)
   – Poisoned Arrow Slayer of Seven is Sought, El Paso Herald Post (October 31, 1968)
   – Law, order concepts change in East Africa, Corpus Christi Times (November 5, 1968)
   – Killer caught in Kenya and law, order benefit, The Milwaukee Journal (November 11, 1968)
7. Gunman butchers seven in gory rampage, iol.co.za (February 24, 2000)
   – Mpumalanga shooting victims on the mend, iol.co.za (February 25, 2000)
   – Man skiet 7 mense dood Pleeg selfmoord tussen lyke van sy vroue, kind Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine, Die Burger (February 25, 2000)
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8. Police student kills seven family members and himself, AFP (November 9, 1996)
   – Polizeischüler tötet sieben Familienmitglieder, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (November 11, 1996)
   – Man skiet agt dood, brand huis af en skiet homself Archived 2015-10-31 at the Wayback Machine, Beeld (November 11, 1996)
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9. Seven shot dead in S. African family tragedy, The Canberra Times (January 12, 1953)
   – Boy saw murder of six persons, The Canberra Times (January 13, 1953)
10. Family-killer suspect "like a hunter", iol.co.uk (February 20, 2000)
    – Farmworker gets 38 years for family slaying, iol.co.za (November 16, 2001)
11. Man kills wife, six children Archived 2007-08-19 at the Wayback Machine, New Vision (August 17, 2007)
    – Relatives burn home of perished family in Kibaale Archived 2012-09-18 at the Wayback Machine, New Vision (August 21, 2007)
    – Uganda husband hacks six children, wife to death, hangs himself, Monsters and Critics (August 18, 2007)
    – Death at the hands of your loved one, Daily Monitor (June 7, 2008)
12. Man guns down own wife, children and sister, Al Arabiya (January 31, 2017)
13. 7 family members perish in Karatu inferno Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, Daily News (September 28, 2010)
    – Family of Seven burns to death in Karatu, The Arusha Times (Issue 00636)
    – 7 family members burnt to death, ippmedia.com (September 29, 2010)
    – Urithi wa shamba wateketeza familia Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, Uhuru (September 28, 2010)
14. Family murdered, The West Australian (October 19, 1927)
    – Miscellaneous – Cairo, Western Argus (October 25, 1957)
    – Van Heinde En Ver – Te Zagazig Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine, Zierikzeesche Nieuwsbode (October 21, 1927)
15. 7 in South Africa Die In Family Massacre, The Hartford Courant (December 29, 1969)
    – South African shoots family, self to death, The Pittsburgh Press (December 29, 1969)
    – Detective and family massacred, The Windsor Star (December 29, 1969)
    – Worker shoots six and kills himself, The Straits Times (December 30, 1969)
16. Madman kills six in 30 min, set ablaze Archived 2012-06-06 at the Wayback Machine, Nyasa Times (June 4, 2012)
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    – Madman Kills Six People in Dowa Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, Zodiak Online (June 4, 2012)
17. Acuda, Wilson S.: Epilepsy, Automatisms and Homicide, in Kiev, Ari (ed.): The future of mental health services: proceedings of a Conference on the Future of Mental Health Services, Nairobi, Kenya, August 14-18, 1979; Excerpta Medica, 1980.
18. Kenyan teen hacks six people to death, Ocala Star-Banner (June 1, 1988)
    – Kenyan teen hacks six to death, The Ledger (June 1, 1988)
    – Stag youth kills six, The Gleaner (June 1, 1988)
19. Family of 6 wiped out with gun Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine, news24.com (February 20, 2007)
    – Dad turns gun on himself after family killing, Independent Online (February 21, 2007)
20. Muyakwabo, Victor. "'Hang this man'". mmegi.bw. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
21. Man receives six life terms for family murder, East Coast Radio (December 21, 2016)
22. Man held over death of six relatives, Daily Nation (June 18, 2005)
    – Man who killed six kin had been jilted, Daily Nation (June 20, 2005)