THE DEADLIEST SCHOOL MASSACRES IN HUMAN HISTORY
Added on: 7th Dec 2016
NANPING SCHOOL MASSACRE, CHINA
(DEATH TOLL: 8)
The first of the 2010 Chinese School Attacks, The Nanping
School Massacre occurred at Nanping City Experimental
Elementary School in the city of Nanping, China, on March
23rd 2010. Zheng Minsheng, who had previously worked
as a community doctor, used a knife to kill 8 children
and seriously wound 5 others. Minsheng was sentenced
to death and executed by shooting.
MERCAZ HARAV MASSACRE, ISRAEL
(DEATH TOLL: 8)
The Mercaz HaRav Massacre was a mass shooting attack that
occurred on March 6th 2008 at the Mercaz HaRavyeshiva,
a religious school in Jerusalem, Israel. A lone Palestinian
gunman shot 8 students and injured 11 more during the attack.
The perpetrator was later shot by one of the students and an
off-duty Israel defence forces captain who fought back
using their personal guns.
OSAKA SCHOOL MASSACRE, JAPAN
(DEATH TOLL: 8)
The Osaka School Massacre took place on June 8th 2001 at
Ikeda Elementary School in the Osaka Prefecture, Japan. In the
attack, a 37-year-old former janitor Mamoru Takuma armed with
a kitchen knife killed 8 children and seriously wounded 13 other
children and 2 teachers. Later diagnosed with numerous mental
disorders, Takuma was convicted and sentenced to death
by hanging.
RUZHOU SCHOOL MASSACRE, CHINA
(DEATH TOLL: 9)
The Ruzhou School Massacre occurred at the Number Two High
School in Ruzhou, China on November 26th 2004. On that day,
Yan Yanming entered the school´s dormitory and stabbed 12 boys,
killing 9 of them. Yanming was arrested hours later after he
failed to commit suicide because his mother had reported his
location to the Ruzhou police. Yanming was sentenced to
death and executed.
RED LAKE SHOOTINGS, USA
(DEATH TOLL: 9)
The Red Lake Shootings occurred in two places in Red Lake,
Minnesota on March 21st 2005. That morning, 16-year-old
Jeffrey Weise killed his grandfather (local police officer)
and his grandfather’s girlfriend at their home. After taking
his grandfather’s police weapons, he drove to Red Lake
Senior High School, where he shot and killed 7 people and
wounded 5 others. After the police arrived, Weise
exchanged gunfire with them. He was wounded and then
committed suicide in a vacant classroom.
UMPQUA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHOOTING, USA
(DEATH TOLL: 9)
One of the most recent shootings on the list, the Umpqua
Community College shooting occurred on October 1st 2015
at the UCC campus near Roseburg, Oregon. Christopher
Harper-Mercer, a 26-year-old enrolled at the school, killed an
assistant professor and 8 students in a classroom. Up to
9 others were injured. After a brief shootout with the police,
Harper-Mercer was wounded and committed suicide by
shooting himself in the head.
SHENGSHUI KINDERGARTEN ATTACK, CHINA
(DEATH TOLL: 9)
On May 12th 2010, an attacker named Wu Huanming killed 7
children, 2 adults and injured 11 others with a cleaver at a
kindergarten in Hanzhong, the Shaanxi Province, China in an
incident known as the Shengshui Kindergarten Attack. The
attacker, who was the landlord of the school, later
committed suicide at his house.
KAUHAJOKI SCHOOL SHOOTING, FINLAND
(DEATH TOLL: 10)
One of just three school shootings in the history of Finland, the
Kauhajoki School Shooting occurred on September 23rd 2008
at the Seinajoki University of Applied Sciences in Western
Finland. The gunman, 22-year-old student Matti Juhani Saari,
shot and fatally injured 10 people with a gun, before shooting
himself in the head. He died a few hours later in Tampere
University Hospital. Saari was a second-year student in a
Bachelor of Hospitality Management degree program at
the university.
COLOGNE SCHOOL MASSACRE, GERMANY
(DEATH TOLL: 10)
The second oldest school massacre on the list, the Cologne
School Massacre was a gruesome mass murder that occurred
at a Catholic elementary school in Cologne, West Germany
on June 11th 1964. The perpetrator, Walter Seifert, attacked
the people at the school with a home-made flamethrower
and a lance, killing 8 students, 2 teachers, and wounding
22 others. When police arrived at the scene he fled from
the school compound and poisoned himself. He was
brought to a hospital where he died the same evening.
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