Christian Dornier was a French

France

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 spree killer

Spree killer

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, who, for no apparent reason, shot to death his sister and mother and wounded his father with a shotgun

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 on July 12, 1989, afterwards driving through the village of Luxiol

Luxiol

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 and the adjacent area, shooting people at random. A total of 14 people were killed and eight others injured in his half-hour shooting spree, before police managed to subdue him.

He was diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia

Schizophrenia

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 and thus could not be held accountable for his crime according to French law, much to the anger of the victims' families. He has been treated in a psychiatric hospital

Psychiatric hospital

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 in Sarreguemines

Sarreguemines

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 since April 1991.

Victims

• Jeanne Dornier, 57, Christian Dornier's mother
• Corinne Dornier, 26, Christian Dornier's sister
• Marcel Lechine, 45
• Johann Robez-Masson, 10
• Johnny Robez-Masson, 14
• Stanislas Périllard, 79
• Marie Périllard, 81, sister of Stanislas Périllard
• Louis Cuenot, 67
• Louis Liard, 50
• Pauline Faivre-Pierret, 5
• Louis Girardot, 47
• Georges Pernin, 40, teacher from Autechaux
• Marie-Alice Champroy
• Pierre Boeuf

External links

• Retour sur la tuerie de Luxiol 16 ans après (France 3-documentary)
• Christian Dornier at The Wacky World of Murder
• World Notes, Time Magazine (July 24, 1989)
• El múltiple homicida de Francia disparó hace un mes contra un vecino, El Pais (July 14, 1989)
• Le village sans coupable, l'Humanité (July 13, 1990)
• French farmer kills mother, sister, 12 others, The Boston Globe
  The Boston Globe
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  (July 13, 1989)
• French village mourns victims of shooting rampage, The Austin American-Statesman (July 15, 1989)
• French farmer charged in 14 slayings, The Deseret News (July 15, 1989) (p. 2)
• Dans le Doubs, un forcené tue quatorze personnes Terreur au village, Le Monde
  Le Monde
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  (July 14, 1989)
• French farmer on spree kills his mother, sister, 12 others, Rome News-Tribune
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  (July 13, 1989)
• Farmer kills 14 persons during shooting rampage, The Prescott Courier (July 13, 1989)
• 14 die, as village misfit goes on shooting rampage, The Sydney Morning Herald
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  (July 14, 1989)
• French farmer kills 14 with shotgun from car, Ocala Star-Banner (July 13, 1989)
• Gunman kills 14, wounds 10 in France, Manila Standard (July 14, 1989)
• Half-hour slaughter kills French villagers, The Simcoe Reformer
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  (July 13, 1989)
• Man kills 14 in France, including mother, sister, Toledo Blade (July 13, 1989)
• Farmer in France goes on shooting rampage, Wilmington Morning Star (July 13, 1989)
• Village stunned by mass killing, Wilmington Morning Star (July 14, 1989)
• Man opens fire, kills 14 in France, The Milwaukee Sentinel (July 13, 1989)
• Village panel had discussed gunman, The Milwaukee Sentinel (July 14, 1989)
• Farmer's rampage fatal to 14, Spokane Chronicle (July 13, 1989)
• Suspect guarded after slayings, Spokane Chronicle (July 14, 1989)