Spree killer

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Spree killer

A spree killer, also known as a rampage killer, is someone who embarks on a murder

Murder

Murder as defined in common law countries, is the unlawful killing of another human being with intent , and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide....
ous assault on his victims in a short time in multiple locations. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics defines a spree killing as "killings at two or more locations with almost no time break between murders." According to the FBI the general definition of spree murder is two or more murders committed by an offender or offenders, without a cooling-off period; the lack of a cooling-off period marking the difference between a spree murder and a serial murder.

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A spree killer, also known as a rampage killer, is someone who embarks on a murder

Murder

Serial killer

A serial killer is a person who murders usually three or more people"One of the most famous [geographically stable] serial killers is Wayne Williams....
s are different in that the murders are clearly separate events, happening at different times, while the attacks of mass murder

Mass murder

Mass murder is the act of murdering a large number of people, typically at the same time or over a relatively short period of time. Mass murder may be committed by individuals or organizations....
ers are defined by one incident, with no distinctive time period between the murders.

Notably large spree killings

Notably large spree killings in history include:

Tsuyama massacre
Tsuyama massacre

The was a spree killing that occurred on 21 May, 1938 in the rural village of Kaio close to Tsuyama city in Okayama, Japan.Mutsuo Toi, a 21-year-old man, killed 30 people, including his grandmother, with a shotgun, Katana, and axe, and seriously injured three others before killing himself with the shotgun....
(Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, 1938): Mutsuo Toi, using an old Japanese rifle and swords, killed 30 and then himself in an hour and a half.

University of Texas massacre
Charles Whitman

Charles Joseph Whitman was a student at the University of Texas at Austin who killed 14 people and wounded 32 others during a shooting rampage on and around the campus of the University of Texas at Austin....
(United States, 1966): Charles Whitman
Charles Whitman

Charles Joseph Whitman was a student at the University of Texas at Austin who killed 14 people and wounded 32 others during a shooting rampage on and around the campus of the University of Texas at Austin....
, a student at the University of Texas at Austin killed 14 people and wounded 31 others as part of a shooting rampage from the observation deck of the University's 32-story administrative building. He did this shortly after murdering his wife and mother. He was eventually shot and killed by Austin police.

Uireyeong massacre
Woo Bum-Kon

Woo Bum-kon was a Korean police officer who carried out the largest known incident of spree killing in modern history. After the rampage concluded, fifty-eight people were dead and thirty-five were wounded in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea....
(South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
, 1982): Woo Bum-kon
Woo Bum-Kon

Woo Bum-kon was a Korean police officer who carried out the largest known incident of spree killing in modern history. After the rampage concluded, fifty-eight people were dead and thirty-five were wounded in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea....
killed 57 and then himself in eight hours, using grenades and an M1 Carbine
M1 Carbine

The M1 Carbine is a lightweight Semi-automatic firearm carbine that became a standard firearm in the Military of the United States during World War II and the Korean War, and was produced in several variants....
. 35 people were also wounded.

Hungerford massacre
Hungerford massacre

The Hungerford massacre occurred in Hungerford, Berkshire, England, on August 19, 1987. A 27-year-old unemployed local labourer, Michael Robert Ryan, armed with two semi-automatic rifles and a handgun, shot and killed sixteen people including his mother, and wounded fifteen others, then fatally shot himself....
(United Kingdom
United Kingdom

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, 1987): Michael Robert Ryan, using two semi-automatic rifles and a handgun, killed 16 people and wounded 15 others in a space of 7 hours before shooting himself.

Aramoana Massacre
Aramoana massacre

The Aramoana massacre occurred on 13 November 1990 in the small seaside township of Aramoana, New Zealand. Resident David Gray, a 33-year-old unemployed man, went on a spree killer with a telescopic sight semi-automatic rifle....
(New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
, 1990):David Gray
David Gray

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, using a Norinco
Norinco

The China North Industries Corporation , official English name Norinco, manufactures vehicles , machinery, optical-electronic products, oil field equipment, chemicals, light industrial products, explosives and blast materials, civil and military firearms and ammunition, etc....
Type 56-1S .223 semi-automatic rifle killed 13 people on 13 November. He was shot and killed by police the following day after a 22 hour stand off.

Port Arthur massacre (Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, 1996): Martin Bryant
Martin Bryant

Martin John Bryant murdered 35 people and injured 21 others in the Port Arthur massacre , a spree killing in Tasmania in 1996. He is currently serving 35 life sentences in Hobart's HM Prison Risdon....
, using an AR-15
AR-15

AR-15 is the common name for the widely-owned Semi-automatic firearm rifle which soon afterwards became the Automatic firearm M16 rifle and M4 Carbine assault rifles, which are currently in use by the United States military....
and an L1A1 SLR, killed 35 and injured 19 in five hours before being arrested by the Special Operations Group of the Tasmanian Police.

Red Lake High School massacre
Red Lake High School massacre

The Red Lake High School massacre was a school shooting that occurred at Red Lake High School, in Red Lake, Minnesota, an unincorporated section of Beltrami County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States, on March 21, 2005....
(United States, 2005):Jeff Weise
Jeff Weise

Jeffrey James Weise was a high school student from Red Lake, Minnesota, Minnesota, who murdered nine people and injured five others in a Spree killer on March 21, 2005....
. Shot and killed his grandfather and his grandfather's girlfriend, both police officers. He then proceeded to a local high school and shot and killed a security guard. Once inside the school Weise shot and killed five students and a teacher before committing suicide. Weise killed 9 and injured 15.

Virginia Tech massacre
Virginia Tech massacre

The Virginia Tech massacre was a school shooting consisting of two separate attacks approximately two hours apart on April 16, 2007, that took place on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, Virginia, United States....
(United States, 2007): Seung-Hui Cho
Seung-Hui Cho

Seung-Hui Cho was a South Korean student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University who committed mass murder of List of victims of the Virginia Tech massacre and wounded 25 others in the shooting Spree killer which has come to be known as the Virginia Tech massacre....
, using two pistols, killed 32 in two separate events and then himself in the course of about three hours.

Dnepropetrovsk maniacs
Dnepropetrovsk maniacs

The Dnepropetrovsk Maniacs is the media epithet for the killers responsible for a string of brutal murders in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine in June and July 2007....
(Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
, 2007): an unusual group murder spree. Viktor Sayenko, Alexander Hanzha and Igor Suprunyuck, all 19, went on several murder sprees, claiming 21 victims in one month and videotaping most murders. Two victims were murdered within minutes of each other on June 25; two more on July 1st, three on July 7th, and two each on the 14th, 15th and 16th July, 2007.

Akihabara massacre
Akihabara massacre

The was an incident of mass murder that took place on Sunday, June 8, 2008, in the Akihabara shopping quarter for electronics, video games and comics in Sotokanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan....
(Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, 2008): Tomohiro Kato hit five pedestrians with a truck, then stabbed twelve people. Kato killed seven and injured 10.

Spree killer

Notably large spree killings

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