List of rampage killers (mass murders committed using grenades)

This list of rampage killers lists mass murders where the perpetrator used only hand grenades or comparable explosive devices, like pipe bombs or dynamite sticks, for the attack. As it is sometimes difficult to distinguish cases of grenade attacks from acts of terrorism or gang-related attacks, incidents are only included where there is at least some indication that it was neither committed in the context of a political, ethnic, or religious conflict, nor part of an assault with more than one participating offender.

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
• Rampage killings with at least 4 people killed and least ten victims overall (dead plus injured)
• Rampage killings with at least 2 people killed and least 12 victims overall (dead plus injured)
• An incidence of rampage killing shall not be included in this list if it does not include at least two people killed.
• In all cases the perpetrator is not counted among those killed or injured.

Rampage killers

	Name	Date	Year	Location	Country	Killed	Injured	Additional notes	Ref.
1.	Franch, Salvador Santiago, 31	Nov. 7	1893	Barcelona	Spain	20–22	27–35	Sentenced to death and executed	[2]
2.	Unknown soldier				Ukraine	13	?		[3]
3.	Unknown, 21	Nov. 2	1979	Sakhon Nakhon Province	Thailand	12	40+	Arrested	[4]
4.	Ismatov, Bobomurad, 49	Feb. 6	1994	Kulyab	Tajikistan	12	28	Committed suicide	[5]
5.	Hazaa Sharman	Sep. 26	2016	Yarim	Yemen	12	18	Committed suicide	[6]
6.	Sulngarm, Vitoon	May 7	1973	Phitsanulok Province	Thailand	11	12–21	Killed by the explosion	[7]
7.	Gbaki, Justin Angelo	Sep. 28	2018	Yambio	South Sudan	10	32	Arrested	[8]
8.	Chen Anjin (陈安进)	Aug. 10	1978	Guangxi	China	9	67	Committed suicide	[9]
9.	Unknown soldier, 23	May 1	1993	Nongmasaew	Thailand	9	28	Arrested	[10]
10.	Unknown	May 10	1972		Thailand	9	10	Arrested	[11]
11.	Unknown Soldier	April 15	1990	Kampala	Uganda	9	?	Sentenced to death and executed	[12]
12.	Unknown Soldier	Feb. 21	1982	Ubon Ratchathani Province	Thailand	8	46		[13]
13.	Unknown soldier, 23				Laos	8	12	Killed by the explosion	[14]
14.	Unknown soldier, 35				Laos	7	30	Killed by the explosion	[14]
15.	Unknown	Feb.	1967	Surabaya	Indonesia	7	24		[15]
16.	Cuellar Beltran, Jorge Alberto	Aug. 17	1991	Comasagua	El Salvador	6–8	54–90		[16]
17.	Abdullah Salih al-Hajiri	Aug. 4	1999	Sana'a	Yemen	6–7	40–43	Arrested	[17]
18.	Avraham, Ezra, 19	Feb. 4	1975	Netanya	Israel	6	26	Arrested	[18]
19.	Shin Myung-sik, 23	May 18	1968	Andong City	South Korea	5–7	43–52	Sentenced to death	[19]
20.	David, Ernesto, 28	Dec. 2	1980	Manila	Philippines	5	25–34	Arrested	[20]
21.	You Ein, 39	Nov. 1	2001	Srei Saom	Cambodia	5	25	Arrested	[21]
22.	Lacsina, Ederlino L.	March 18	1978	Camarines Sur	Philippines	5	14	Arrested	[22]
23.	Yeh Jong-nam	June 6	1956	Uijeongbu	South Korea	5	5	Committed suicide	[23]
24.	Hernández Peña, Luis Álvaro	Aug. 29	2005	El Jardín	Colombia	5	5	Arrested	[24]
25.	Bertoli, Gianfranco	May 17	1973	Milan	Italy	4	52	Sentenced to life imprisonment
26.	Unknown Soldier	Dec.	1973	Phnom Penh	Cambodia	4	45		[25]
27.	Retana, Julio	Dec.	1989	Santa Ana	El Salvador	4	45	Committed suicide	[26]
28.	Unknown soldier, 26		1959		Laos	4	20	Arrested	[27]
29.	He Dengtian (何登天)	Oct. 29	2005	Danzhou	China	4	6	Committed suicide	[28]
30.	Lotero Paredes, Héctor	Aug. 17	1969	Apartadó	Colombia	3-4	25-30	Killed by the explosion	[29]
31.	Cervantes, Richard, 20	Oct. 12	1996	Talisay, Cebu	Philippines	3	15	Arrested	[30]
32.	Marish Ali Al-Akhram, 30	Aug. 22	2003	Hawth	Yemen	2	34	Arrested	[31]
33.	Unknown, 22	Nov. 7	1996	Noby	Russia	2	31	Arrested	[32]
34.	Mohammed Hassan al-Wajeeh, 30 (محمد حسن)	Feb. 2	2008	Sana'a	Yemen	2	23–25	Sentenced to death	[33]
35.	Unknown soldier	Dec. 5	1954	Bou Amrane	Tunisia	2	13	Killed by soldiers	[34]
36.	Jung, Heidrun-Erika, 49	Dec. 24	1996	Frankfurt	Germany	2	13	Killed by the explosion	[35]
37.	Garcia, Rodolfo, 24	May 10	1969	Maplas	Philippines	2	11		[36]
38.	Unknown	May 10	1974	Hat Yai District	Thailand	2	10	Arrested	[37]

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16. Soldier kills 6 when girlfriend refuses dance, Bangor Daily News (August 19, 1991)
    – Six die when soldier lobs grenade onto dance floor, The Argus-Press (August 20, 1991)
    – Not an Army Officer, The Washington Post (September 1, 1991)
    – Story impugned El Salvador's military without any cause, The Washington Times (September 5, 1991)
17. Yemen bomb blast kills four, BBC News (August 4, 1999)
    – Yemen minister says market blast non-political, Republic of Yemen TV (August 7, 1999)
    – Yemen: Interior minister says cause of San'a blast strictly criminal, Republic of Yemen TV (August 7, 1999)
    – Yemeni official criticizes British stance on Islamists, Al-Sharq al-Awsat (August 18, 1999)
18. 5 killed in Israel by a hand grenade, The New York Times (February 6, 1975)
    – 5 Arrested in Israeli Blast , The New York Times (February 8, 1975)
    – Assessing the damage, Eugene Register-Guard (February 5, 1975)
    – Soldier confesses to killing 6 in bar, The Milwaukee Journal (February 10, 1975)
    – Grenade toss admitted, The Bulletin (February 10, 1975)
19. Jilted Soldier Kills 7, Wounds 52 at Movie, Chicago Tribune (May 20, 1968)
    – Grenades Kill 7 in S. Korea, The New York Times (May 19, 1968)
    – ROK General Is Removed, Pacific Stars And Stripes (May 26, 1968)
    – ROK Sergeant Gets Death, Pacific Stars And Stripes (May 31, 1968)
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    – Philippine grenades kill 8, The Bulletin (December 3, 1980)
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    – 3 killed, 15 wounded in Cebu blast, Manila Standard (October 14, 1996)
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34. African soldier goes berserk, The Ottawa Citizen (December 7, 1954)
    – Soldier goes mad, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (December 7, 1954)
35. Was wissen wir denn?, Der Spiegel (1/1997)
    – Bomb Kills 3 at a Frankfurt Church Service, The New York Times (December 25, 1996)
    – Police: Bomber was distraught, Sarasota Herald-Tribune (December 28, 1996)
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    – Frankfurt-Sindlingen nahm Abschied Archived 2012-07-18 at Archive.today, Hamburger Abendblatt (December 30, 1996)
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