List of rampage killers (familicides in Asia)
This section of the list of rampage killers contains familicides that occurred in Asia 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 | State | Killed | Injured | W | Additional Notes | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Mohammad Zaman, 30* | Sep. 25 | 2009 | Ghola | Afghanistan | 15–16 | ? | F | Committed suicide | [2] |
2. | Unknown | Nov. 23 | 1936 | Maropally | British Raj | 14 | 2 | M | Arrested | [3] |
3. | Warekar, Asnain Anwar, 35 | Feb. 28 | 2016 | Thane | India | 14 | 1 | M | Committed suicide | |
4. | Mohammed Nawaz, 22 | July 4 | 1996 | Faisalabad | Pakistan | 13 | 0 | M | Arrested | [4] |
5. | Saeed Qashash, 19 | June 10 | 1998 | Amman | Jordan | 12 | 0 | F | Sentenced to death and executed | [5] |
6. | Abbas Khan^ | Sep. | 1896 | Jabbar | British Raj | 11 | 2 | M | Arrested | [6] |
7. | Jalal Osman Khoja, 40* (جلال عثمان خوجة) | Dec. 26 | 2000 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 11 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [7] |
8. | Abdul Emir Khalaf Sabhan* | Aug. 26 | 2003 | Baghdad | Iraq | 11 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [8] |
9. | Unknown, 26 | Dec. 22 | 2016 | Jhanabad | Iran | 10 | 5 | F | Arrested | [9] |
10. | Jamaluddin, 45* (जमालुद्दीन) | Jan. 4 | 2017 | Pashim Mahona | India | 10 | 2–4 | MP | Committed suicide | [10] |
11. | Gurmit Singh, 40* | March 24 | 2000 | Budhanwal | India | 10 | 0 | P | Committed suicide | [11] |
12. | Shanmukh Rai* | April 23/24 | 2002 | Bhagha | India | 10 | 0 | M | Arrested | [12] |
13. | Zafar Iqbal* | April 15 | 2009 | Jhulki-Satrah | Pakistan | 10 | 0 | M | Arrested Terminated a pregnancy | [13] |
14. | Unknown* | Sep. | 2009 | Aden | Yemen | 10 | 0 | A | Committed suicide | [14] |
15. | Unknown* | Feb. | 1980 | Aurangabad | India | 9 | 6 | P | Arrested | [15] |
16. | Dipendra of Nepal, 29* | June 1 | 2001 | Kathmandu | Nepal | 9 | 5 | F | Committed suicide | |
17. | Taş, Yusuf, 25* | Feb. 4 | 2016 | Gaziantep | Turkey | 9 | 2 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [16] |
18. | Nasir Abbas | Aug. 20 | 2009 | Faisalabad | Pakistan | 9 | 0 | F | Sentenced to death | [17] |
19. | Mohamed Jamil Ahmed, 41* | Aug. 18 | 1955 | Sandila | India | 8 | 1 | F | Committed suicide | [18] |
20. | Ghulam Mohammad* | July 6 | 2001 | Gujar Khan | Pakistan | 8 | 0 | F P | Sentenced to death | [19] |
21. | Khalid Ali* | Aug. 16 | 2001 | Pakistan | 8 | 0 | F O | [20] | ||
22. | Yüksel, Murat, 38* | June 2 | 2009 | Adana | Turkey | 8 | 0 | F | Arrested | [21] |
23. | Mohammad Afzal, 19* | Oct. 22 | 2011 | Kalarabad | Pakistan | 8 | 0 | F P | Arrested | [22] |
24. | Unknown | 1934 | Lahore | British Raj | 8 | ? | Arrested | [23] | ||
25. | Mahomed Barkat* | 1937 | Lahore | British Raj | 8 | ? | M | [24] | ||
26. | Ohashi, Kazuo, 26 (大橋一雄) | Jan. 27 | 1946 | Wakayama | Empire of Japan | 8 | ? | Sentenced to death Later changed to life imprisonment | [25] | |
27. | Mizumoto, T., 24 (水本) | Dec. 12 | 1953 | Shinwa | Japan | 8 | ? | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [26] | |
28. | Taşçı, Ömer, 48* | Sep. 9 | 2007 | Karaadilli | Turkey | 8 | ? | F | Sentenced to 80 years in prison | [27] |
29. | Unknown | Aug. | 1993 | Thanh Hoa province | Vietnam | 7 | 5 | E | [28] | |
30. | Muhammad Azam | Dec. 10/11 | 2004 | Jaranwala | Pakistan | 7 | 5 | MP | Arrested | [29] |
31. | Ikeda, Kazumichi, 44 (池田一通) | Jan. 31 | 1980 | Kumano | Japan | 7 | 3 | FM | Committed suicide | [30] |
32. | Unknown | Feb. | 1950 | Japan | 7 | 2 | P | Committed suicide | [31] | |
33. | Huseynov, Rafig Muzaffar, 36 | Oct. 1 | 2014 | Goranboy | Azerbaijan | 7 | 2 | F E | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [32] |
34. | Unknown° | Nov. 8 | 1933 | Lahore | British Raj | 7 | 1 | F | Arrested | [33] |
35. | Fujishiro, Yasutaka, 47* (藤城康孝) | Aug. 2 | 2004 | Kakogawa | Japan | 7 | 1 | MA | Sentenced to death | [34] |
36. | Ram Kishan Patel, 45* | March 12 | 2006 | Datehli | India | 7 | 1 | P | Committed suicide | [35] |
37. | Chen Pu-chuan | Sep. 12 | 1924 | Taichow [36] | Republic of China (ROC) | 7 | 0 | [37] | ||
38. | Yoshikawa, Ryuichi, 27* | March | 1938 | Empire of Japan | 7 | 0 | M | [38] | ||
39. | Kudo, Yonekichi, 60* | Oct. 12 | 1948 | Tokyo | Japan | 7 | 0 | MA | Committed suicide | [39] |
40. | Unknown, 17* | July | 1953 | Acıpayam | Turkey | 7 | 0 | M | Arrested | [40] |
41. | Unknown* | Dec. | 1988 | Sri Lanka | 7 | 0 | P | Committed suicide | [41] | |
42. | Mohammed Nawaz* | Sep. 21 | 2002 | Islamabad | Pakistan | 7 | 0 | F P | Sentenced to death Terminated a pregnancy | [42] |
43. | Shahzado Behan, 30* | July 27 | 2003 | Paryo Bahan | Pakistan | 7 | 0 | F | Arrested | [43] |
44. | Danışmaz, Hasan, 38* | Jan. 7 | 2008 | Sürmene | Turkey | 7 | 0 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment Killed a truck driver in Dec. 2001 | [44] |
45. | Sunil Kumar Sen, 34 | Oct. 12 | 2009 | Sainik Society | India | 7 | 0 | M | Arrested | [45] |
46. | Saleh Mohammed, 43* (صالح محمد) | Oct. 22 | 2009 | الهلوم | Iraq | 7 | 0 | F | Attempted suicide | [46] |
47. | Uttar Meher, 42* | April 15 | 2011 | Katarabeda | India | 7 | 0 | MO | [47] | |
48. | Ihsanullah* | Feb. 12 | 2015 | Qalat | Afghanistan | 7 | 0 | F | Shot dead | [48] |
49. | Shravan Kanat, 36* | Oct. 10/11 | 2015 | Moti Kosladi | India | 7 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [49] |
50. | Ariyama, Masao, 24 (有山政男) | July 22 | 1959 | Iwatsuki | Japan | 7 | ? | Sentenced to death | [50] | |
51. | Unknown* | Feb. | 2001 | Thailand | 7 | ? | F | Committed suicide | [51] | |
52. | Natti Sankara Rao, 48* | Nov. 30 / Dec. 1 | 2010 | Mettapeta | India | 7 | ? | MO | Arrested | [52] |
53. | Riaz Ahmad* | Jan. 8 | 2001 | Mandi Bahauddin | Pakistan | 6 | 2 | M | Arrested | [53] |
54. | Ghulam Mustafa, 25 | April 6 | 2005 | Marzeka & Langwalato | Pakistan | 6 | 2 | F | Arrested | [54] |
55. | Namiki, Kisaburo* | April | 1948 | Japan | 6 | 1 | M | Committed suicide | [55] | |
56. | Ohba, Shinshe, 32* | Feb. 1 | 1970 | Shimabara | Japan | 6 | 1 | F A | Committed suicide | [56] |
57. | Ram Prasad Karna, 27* | April 4 | 1977 | Nepal | 6 | 1 | MP | Terminated a pregnancy | [57] | |
58. | Biresh Poddar, 40 | Dec. 16/17 | 2000 | Maniktala | India | 6 | 1 | MP | Arrested | [58] |
59. | Mohammad Ali, 20* | June 24/25 | 2014 | Amangarh | Pakistan | 6 | 1 | F | Arrested | [59] |
60. | Sornsung, Sucheep, 41 (สุชีพ ศรสังข์) | Jan. 1 | 2019 | Phato District | Thailand | 6 | 1 | F | Committed suicide | [60] |
61. | Noor Din Khan | Aug 27 | 2019 | Sargodha | Pakistan | 6 | 1 | FMA | Committed suicide | [61] |
62. | Pan Chih-lin* | 1887 | Chiang-tu | Chinese Empire | 6 | 0 | MA | Arrested | [62] | |
63. | Nakagawa, Manjiro (中川萬次郎) | Aug. | 1905 | Osaka | Empire of Japan | 6 | 0 | M | Arrested | [63] |
64. | Unknown* | Dec. 8 | 1928 | Delbhog | British Raj | 6 | 0 | MA | Arrested Also killed a cow and a goat | [64] |
65. | Unknown* | April | 1933 | Viluppuram | British Raj | 6 | 0 | Committed suicide | [65] | |
66. | Unknown Police Officer* | Dec. 17 | 1949 | Rangoon | Burma | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [66] |
67. | Po Aung, 40* | March | 1965 | Mergui | Burma | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [67] |
68. | Unknown* | Oct. | 1974 | Balitai | Bangladesh | 6 | 0 | P | Committed suicide | [68] |
69. | Dilber, Halil, 40* | Aug. 9 | 1986 | Killar | Turkey | 6 | 0 | FM | Committed suicide | [69] |
70. | Bheru Singh* | June 3 | 1988 | Dablana | India | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death | [70] |
71. | Shaikh Ayub* | Feb. 5/6 | 1995 | India | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death Later commuted to life imprisonment | [71] | |
72. | Aydın, Muammer, 26* | Dec. 2 | 1995 | Evci | Turkey | 6 | 0 | FM | Committed suicide while awaiting trial | [72] |
73. | Dhaneswar Ratia* | Jan. 13 | 2000 | Tezpur | India | 6 | 0 | MA | Arrested | [73] |
74. | Saroj Bala, 35* | April 10 | 2002 | Hapur | India | 6 | 0 | P | Committed suicide | [74] |
75. | Jafar Ali, 35* | July 17 | 2002 | Etawah | India | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death | [75] |
76. | Shibendu Saha* | July 18 | 2004 | Calcutta | India | 6 | 0 | MP | Committed suicide | [76] |
77. | Jagdiah* | Aug. 19/20 | 2005 | Madhya Pradesh | India | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death | [77] |
78. | Iftikhar Khan* | Feb. 23 | 2007 | Guli Bagh | Pakistan | 6 | 0 | [78] | ||
79. | I. N., 35 | May 29 | 2008 | Abu Alanda | Jordan | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death | [79] |
80. | Abdul Hafeez Bhatti* | Sep. 15 | 2008 | Pakistan | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death | [80] | |
81. | Unknown, 17* | May 7 | 2010 | Essaouira | Iraq | 6 | 0 | F | Arrested | [81] |
82. | Sivaguru, 48* | Aug. 12 | 2010 | Dasanaickanpatti | India | 6 | 0 | MO | Arrested | [82] |
83. | Arif Mubashir, 40* | July 26 | 2011 | Tandlianwala | Pakistan | 6 | 0 | F | Arrested | [83] |
84. | Dhal Singh Devangan, 36* | Feb. 19 | 2012 | Mohdipat | India | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death | [84] |
85. | Momin Khan* | Jan. 23 | 2014 | Pilkhana | India | 6 | 0 | M | Arrested | [85] |
86. | Komatsu, Hirobumi, 32* (suspect) (小松博文) | Oct. 6 | 2017 | Hitachi, Ibaraki | Japan | 6 | 0 | MA | Arrested | [86] |
87. | Iihoshi, Masahiro, 42 (飯干昌大) | Nov. 26 | 2018 | Takachiho, Miyazaki | Japan | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [87] |
88. | Budhe Singh* | July 10 | 1931 | Siuli Patti Kauria | British Raj | 6 | ? | M | Arrested | [88] |
89. | Rachid Saad Kamaleddine, 34* | Feb. | 1961 | Baghdad | Iraq | 6 | ? | Arrested | [89] | |
90. | Karapetyants, --- | March 31 | 1907 | Alexandropol | Armenia | 2–7 | 0–5 | M | Committed suicide | [90] |
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)
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Man hacks 7 family members to death, The Times of India (October 12, 2015)
Farm labourer ends life after killing seven in family in Surat, The Times of India (October 12, 2015)
Man kills seven of family, commits suicide, Indian Express (October 12, 2015)
Farmer murders 7 of family, kills self, Ahmedabad Mirror (October 12, 2015)
परिवार के सात लोगों की निर्मम हत्या कर फंदे से लटका मजदूर, khaskhabar.com (October 12, 2015)
परिवार के 7 सदस्यों की गरदन काट खुद फंदे से लटका, merailaka.com (October 12, 2015)
परिवार के 7 सदस्यों की गरदन काट खुद फंदे से लटका, atalsandesh.in (October 12, 2015) - 岩槻・家族7人殺人事件 Archived 2009-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Man with rare disease kills 7 and self, The Straits Times (February 20, 2001)
– Thai man kills seven relatives in murder-suicide, AFP (February 18, 2001) - Ex-CRPF man kills 7, Indian Express (December 2, 2010)
– Butcher of Srikakulam hacks 7 to death, Deccan Chronicle (December 2, 2010)
– Ex-CRPF cop hacks his 2 children, 5 others, The Times of India (December 2, 2010)
– Ex-jawan beheads seven in vendetta, The Telegraph (December 2, 2010)
– Ex-jawan kills two kids, four others Archived 2012-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, Mumbai Mirror (December 2, 2010) - Retired soldier kills wife, 5 children, Dawn (January 9, 2001)
World briefs - Retired soldier kills wife, 5 children, The Tribune (January 10, 2001)
Pakistan: cost of a lie, Le Monde diplomatique (May 2001) - Man kills wife, her parents, Dawn (April 8, 2005)
– Man kills six including wife and in-laws, Daily Times (April 8, 2005) - Japanese farmer kills six in family, self, San Antonio Light (April 11, 1948)
– Jap dad goes on murder orgy, Long Beach Independent (April 11, 1948) - Man kills his family, then shoots himself, The Straits Times (February 2, 1970)
- Lelaki bunuh 6 ahli keluarganya, Berita Harian (April 5, 1977)
- Man kills 5 daughters, wife for not giving him a son, expressindia.com (December 18, 2000)
– Desire for son drove man to kill, Today (December 19, 2000)
– Man kills wife, 5 children, The Statesman (December 18, 2000)
– Killer of six still at large, The Statesman (December 19, 200)
– 'Family-killer' father held, The Statesman (January 2, 2001) - Man kills six of his family members in Nowshera, The International News (June 26, 2014)
Violent rage: Man allegedly kills six family members, The Express Tribune (June 26, 2014)
Six of a family gunned down in Nowshera, Dawn (June 26, 2014)
Man kills six family members in Nowshera, The Nation (June 26, 2014)
Six family members shot dead in Nowshera, Khyber News (June 25, 2014) - Mass shooting HORROR in Thailand as man GUNS DOWN 7 people, Daily Express (January 1, 2019)
- Murder of six persons, Sheffield Evening Telegraph (December 30, 1887)
– Murder of six persons, York Herald (January 6, 1888) - Japan – Zesvoudige moord, Utrechtsch Nieuwsblad (August 2, 1905)
- Short News, The Straits Times (December 19, 1928)
– Weaver runs amuck, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (December 28, 1928) - Hindu tragedy – Whole family murdered, The Canberra Times (April 8, 1933)
– Grim Tragedy – Family of 7 dead, The Mercury (April 8, 1933) - Seven victims in family feud, Townsville Daily Bulletin (December 19, 1949)
– In-laws killed, The West Australian (December 21, 1949)
– Shot six relatives then suicided, The Central Queensland Herald (December 22, 1949) - Planter kills family and himself, The Straits Times (March 13, 1965)
- They chose death, The Straits Times (October 27, 1974)
- Family horror, The Straits Times (August 11, 1986)
– Turchie: Uccide i suoi sei figli e poi si toglie la vita, Stampa Sera (August 11, 1986)
– Killar köyü matemde, Milliyet (August 11, 1986) - Bheru Singh vs State Of Rajasthan on 4 February, 1994
- Shaikh Ayub vs State Of Maharashtra on 26 February, 1998
- Turkish man kills six from own family, Agence France-Presse (December 3, 1995)
– Katliamı planladı, Milliyet (December 4, 1995)
– Evci canavarı yakalandi, Milliyet (December 8, 1995)
– Altı kişinin katili intihar etti, Milliyet (January 14, 1996) - Man kills 6 kin, The Tribune (January 14, 2000)
– Indian kills 'witch' family, Independent Online (January 14, 2000) - Mother kills six children, herself, The Tribune (April 13, 2002)
- Poor man kills six of his family, The Tribune (July 28, 2002)
– Forever hanging, The Tribune (November 25, 2012)
– President Pranab Mukherjee rejects mercy petitions, seals death sentence for 4 men, Indian Express (April 5, 2013)
– They murdered entire families for land, loot or revenge Archived 2013-06-29 at Archive.today, The Financial Express (April 17, 2013) - Head blows after poisonFamily killer was well-off
Bludgeon find in Saha bedroom
Tell-all anger against ‘snake and felon’
It’s all over: SMS to sister
Lonely bearer of bakery burden
Bail denied
Lost deed and loose ends
Saha case bail plea
Crusader and a popular prankster
Pushed to brink, slay and perish - Violent paranoia rise worries psychiatrists
Six murders and a suicide
Dwindling fortunes and daily bread
The book mirrors the mind - In murder run-up, Shibendu was reading about positive thinking
Sniff of chemical as killer potion - SC awards death to man who hacked wife, 5 children, The Times of India (September 19, 2009)
- Man kills wife, five children, Dawn (February 25, 2007)
– Pakistani man kills wife, five children, Monsters and Critics (February 25, 2007) - Jordanian man kills six people, including his three children, Earth Times (May 30, 2008)
– Jordanian Kills 6 People, Including His 3 Children, Arab News (May 31, 2008)
– Investigation ongoing in multiple murder case, The Jordan Times (June 4, 2008)
– Defendant’s father refuses to drop charges, The Jordan Times (February 13, 2009)
– Pathologist testifies in murder case, The Jordan Times (December 4, 2009)
– Defendant in multiple-murder case sentenced to death, The Jordan Times (June 16, 2010) -
- شاب في الصويرة يقتل جميع أفراد عائلته Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Radio Sawa (May 7, 2010)
– عراقي يقتل والديه وأشقائه الأربعة بالرصاص, elbashayeronline.com (May 7, 2010)
– شاب يقتل والديه وأشقائه الأربعة بالرصاص, alrafidayn.com (May 10, 2010) - Man kills 6 members of his family, The Times of India (August 14, 2010)
– Man kills 6 of his family, The Indian Express (August 14, 2010)
– Salem: Man kills 6 family members including parents, NDTV (August 13, 2010)
– Salem murder case: two arrested, The Hindu (August 19, 2010) - Pak man kills six daughters for 'honour' Archived 2011-07-29 at the Wayback Machine, Hindustan Times (July 28, 2011)
– Father kills six daughters in Faisalabad for having relations with boys, The Asian Age (July 27, 2011)
– Pakistani Dad Guns Down 6 Daughters Over Suspected Dating, newsone.com (July 29, 2011)
– Un hombre paquistaní mata a seis de sus hijas por haber 'mancillado' su honor, El Mundo (July 27, 2011) - Farmer kills wife, 5 daughters in Chhattisgarh, The Times of India (February 21, 2012)
– Suspecting infidelity, man hacks wife and five daughters to death, NDTV (February 12, 2012)
– Man sentenced to death for family's murder, The Times of India (April 24, 2013) - Man kills 6 of family over ‘property dispute’, Indian Express (January 25, 2014)
Six of family killed for property, The Times of India (January 25, 2014)
UP man murders six family members with plough, India Today (January 24, 2014) - Japan man confesses starting fire that killed wife, five children, UPI (October 6, 2017) – Suspect says wife's divorce request led him to kill her, 5 kids, Japan Today (October 7, 2017) – Man admits torching Ibaraki flat with wife, five kids inside, The Japan Times (October 6, 2010) – Man admits to killing wife, 5 children before setting fire at home, Kyodo News (October 6, 2010)
- Japan mass killing: Six bodies found at house in mountain town, CNN (November 27, 2018)
Body found in river after 6 people killed at Miyazaki house, The Asahi Shimbun (November 27, 2018)
Extramarital affair, machete emerge in probe into killing of 6, The Asahi Shimbun (November 28, 2018)
Man among 6 murder victims in Miyazaki got phone call over family trouble, The Mainichi (November 28, 2018) - Six murdered, The Straits Times (August 7, 1931)
- Un haute fonctionnaire Irakien tue sa femme et ses cinq enfants dans une crise de folie, Le Monde (February 13, 1961)
- Man In Armenia Runs Amuck When Relatives Refuse to Support Him, The New York Times (April 1, 1907)
– Stabs four women and three men, The Washington Post (April 1, 1907)