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DATA: Other shooting massacres

Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 4:08 pm
by Jim Eshelman
Some miscellaneous events in this category that haven't been examined:

Babi Yar massacres
September 29-30, 1941, Kiev, Ukraine
33,771 Jewish civilians murdered by German troops

Cologne school massacre
June 11, 1964, 9:10 AM, Cologne, Germany
11 died, 22 injured
Murder by flamethrower and a lance at a Catholic school

San Ysidro McDonald's massacre
July 18, 1984, 3:59 am, San Ysidro, CA
22 killed, 19 wounded
At the time, it was "the deadliest mass murder committed in America" until the Luby's shooting in 1991.

Ras Burqa massacre
An attack on Israeli vacationers. 8 died (including 4 children), 4 were injured.
Oct 5, 1985 (no time given), Ras Burqa, Egypt (29N12′28″, 34E44′06″)

Hungerford massacre
August 19, 1987, 12:30 PM
Hungerford, England (51.41N, 1.52W)
17 died, 15 wounded

Raumanmeri school shooting
Jan 24, 1989, no time given, Rauma, Finland
First school shooting in Finish history
2 died

Monkseaton shootings
April 30, 1989, "just before midday," Monkseaton, England
1 died, 14 wounded

Ecole Polytechnique massacre
Dec 6, 1989, 5:10 PM, Montreal, Quebec
15 killed, 14 injured
(A particularly interesting story around this one - someone who claimed feminism had ruined his life, and killed predominantly women.)

Concordia University massacre
Aug 24, 1992, 2:30 PM, Montreal, Quebec
4 died, 1 injured

Central Coast massacre
Oct 27, 1992, 9:12 PM, Central Coast, NSW, Australia
6 died, 1 injured

Graysteel massacre
October 30, 1993, evening, Greysteel, N. Ireland (55.032°N, 7.122°W)
9 died, 13 wounded by the Ulster Defence Association in retaliation for the Shankill Road bombing one week earlier.

Cave of the Patriarchs massacre (or Hebron massacre)
Feb 25, 1994, soon after 5:00 AM (use 5:15), Hebron, West Bank, Israel
29 died, 125 injured
An attack by an Israeli on unarmed Palestinian Muslims praying.

Dunblane school massacre
March 13, 1996, 9:35 AM, Dunblane, Scotland
18 died, 15 wounded

Obafemi Awolowo University massacre
July 10, 1999, 4:30 AM, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
8 died, 11 injured (all university students)

Erfurt massacre
Apr 26, 2002, 10:58 AM, Erfurt, Germany
17 died, 2 injured

Dawson College shooting
Sep 13, 2006, 12:42 PM, Montreal, Quebec
2 died, 19 injured

Jokela school massacre
Nov 7, 2007, 11:44 AM, Jokela, Finland (60°32′56″N 024°57′49″E)
9 died, 12 injured

Mercaz ha-Rev massacre
March 6, 2008, 8:36 PM
Jerusalem, Israel (specifically 31N47′16, 35E11′49)
A Palestiian gunman killed 9 students (and wounded 11) at Mercaz ha-Rav Yeshiva.

Kauhajoki school shooting
Sep 23, 2008, 10:40 AM, Kauhajoki, Western Finland (62°25′45″N 022°10′54″E)
11 died, 11 injured

Winnenden school shooting
Mar 11, 2009, 9:30 AM, Winnenden, Germany (48N52′07″, 9E23′56″)
16 died, 9 injured

Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting
Apr 30, 2009, 9:30 AM AZT, Baku, Azerbaijan
13 died, 13 injured

Cumbria shootings
June 2 2010, 10:20 AM, Copeland, England
13 died, 11 injured

Casas Adobes massacre
Jan 8, 2011, 10:10 AM MST, Casas Adobes, AZ (32°20′9.5″N 110°58′30.5″W)
This is the incident in which Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others were shot.
6 died, 14 injured

Realengo school shooting
Apr 7, 2011, 8:30, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 died, 12 injured

Hazara Town massacre
May 6, 2011, 6:30 PKST, Hazara Town, Quetta, Pakistan
8 killed, at least 15 injured

Yobe school shooting
July 6, 2013, "before dawn," Mamudo, Yobe, Nigeria
42 died, at least 6 injured
Killing by Boko Haram.