List of familicides in Europe - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of familicide

Familicide

A familicide is a type of murder or murder-suicide in which at least one spouse and one or more children are killed; or in which a parent or parents and possibly other relatives such as siblings and grandparents are killed. In some cases all of the family members' lives are taken...

s that occurred in Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

. Being part of the List of rampage killers the latter's terms of inclusion are also applied here.

For familicides in the United States see: List of familicides in the United States

For familicides in other countries see: List of familicides

	Perpetrator	Date	Year	Location	State	W	Additional Notes
1.	Girerd, Roger, 34*	May 20	1965	Charvieu-Chavagneux Charvieu-Chavagneux Charvieu-Chavagneux is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France.The Bourbre forms most of the commune's eastern border.-People:* Jean Djorkaeff, French professional football player...	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	FM	Committed suicide; Also killed a dog
2.	Meucci, ---	May 11	1900	Castiglion Fiorentino Castiglion Fiorentino Castiglion Fiorentino is a small, walled city in eastern Tuscany, Italy, in the province of Arezzo, between the cities of Arezzo and Cortona. It is well known for its annual festivals and Etruscan archeological site.-Geography:...	Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...		Arrested Killed numerous animals
3.	Brückner, Wilhelm, 30*	June 8	1925	Hassenberg Coburg Coburg is a town located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany. Its 2005 population was 42,015. Long one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined with Bavaria by popular vote in 1920... & Lindenberg Upper Franconia Upper Franconia is a Regierungsbezirk of the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. It forms part of the historically significant region of Franconia , all now part of the German Federal State of Bayern .With more than 200 independent breweries which brew...	German Reich	M	Committed suicide
4.	Austin, Thomas*

} || 1694 || Cullompton

Cullompton

Cullompton is a civil parish and town in Devon, England, locally known as Cully. It is miles north-north-east of Exeter and lies on the River Culm. In 2010 it had a population of 8,639 and is growing rapidly....

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

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| 5. || Bihl, Christoff* || Aug. 25 || 1580 || Zabern

Saverne

Saverne is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It is situated on the Rhine-Marne canal at the foot of a pass over the Vosges Mountains, and 45 km N.W...

|| Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a realm that existed from 962 to 1806 in Central Europe.It was ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. Its character changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, when the power of the emperor gradually weakened in favour of the princes...

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| 6. || Kisselef, ---* || March 15 || 1912 || Shenkursk

Shenkursk

Shenkursk is a town and the administrative center of Shenkursky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Vaga River. Municipally, it is incorporated as Shenkurskoye Urban Settlement of Shenkursky Municipal District. Population:...

|| Russian Empire

Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...

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| 7. || King, Leonard, 40* || Sep. 18 || 1954 || Shotton

Shotton, Flintshire

Shotton is a town in Flintshire, north Wales, lying on the River Dee. The name derives from the Old Norse words sjò and tùn . It is continuous with the towns of Connah's Quay and Queensferry in what is called Deeside...

|| U.K.

United Kingdom

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Also killed a dog ||
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| 8. || Eisenbeiß, Hans, 42 || April 28 || 1606 || Eliasbrunn

Remptendorf

Remptendorf is a municipality in the district Saale-Orla-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany....

|| Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire

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Killed an unborn child ||
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| 9. || Thode, Timm, 23 || Aug. 7/8 || 1866 || Groß-Campen

Wilster

-History:Wilster was granted town rights under Lübeck law in 1282, and thereby counts itself among Schleswig-Holstein's oldest towns. Wilster forms the centre of the Wilstermarsch, a major cattle raising area in Germany....

|| German Confederation

German Confederation

The German Confederation was the loose association of Central European states created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to coordinate the economies of separate German-speaking countries. It acted as a buffer between the powerful states of Austria and Prussia...

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Also killed a dog and wounded another ||
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| 10. || Diószegi, Flórián || Aug. 21 || 1893 || Hódmezővásárhely

Hódmezovásárhely

Hódmezővásárhely , Romanian: Ioneşti) is a city in south-east Hungary, on the Great Hungarian Plain, at the meeting point of the Békés-Csanádi Ridge and the clay grassland surrounding the river Tisza...

|| Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...

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| 11. || Schützenhöfer, Barbara* || Feb. || 1916 || Dörfl

Lower Bavaria

Lower Bavaria is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of the state.- Geography :Lower Bavaria is subdivided into two regions - Landshut and Donau-Wald. Recent election results mark it as the most conservative part of Germany, generally giving huge...

|| German Reich || || || M || Committed suicide ||
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| 12. || Baysang, Charles* || April 8 || 1922 || Durlinsdorf

Durlinsdorf

Durlinsdorf is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-Administration:Durlinsdorf is a part of the Sundgau region, in the arrondissement of Altkirch and the canton of Ferrette.-Economy:...

|| France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

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| 13. || Lambrecht, Karl, 52* || June 6 || 1934 || Aichhalden

Aichhalden

Aichhalden is a municipality in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany....

|| German Reich || || || || Committed suicide ||
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| 13. || Kecinski, Harry, 44* || April 20/21 || 1970 || Fahrdorf

Fahrdorf

Fahrdorf is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It takes its name from the ferry that once crossed the Schlei here and today is shown in the town's coat of arms. Fahrdorf lies at the Bundesstraße 76 between the cities of Schleswig and Eckernförde....

|| Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

|| || || F || Committed suicide ||
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| 14. || Čedić, Dragan

Dragan Cedic

Dragan Čedić was a Serbian mass murderer.On July 27, 2002, armed with a Zastava M70 assault rifle, he killed his wife, Biljana and six others in his native town Leskovac, Serbia. Four other people were seriously injured...

, 31 || July 27 || 2002 || Leskovac

Leskovac

Leskovac is a city and municipality in southern Serbia. It is the administrative center of the Jablanica District of Serbia...

|| Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

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| 15. || Staridas, Spyros Athanasios, 33
(Σπυρος Αθανάσιος Σταριδας) || June 28 || 1981 || Trikala

Trikala

Trikala is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece. It is the capital of the Trikala peripheral unit, and is located NW of Athens, NW, of Karditsa, E of Ioannina and Metsovo, S of Grevena, SW of Thessaloniki, and W of Larissa...

|| Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

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| 16. || Taylor, Frank* || March 7 || 1895 || London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

|| U.K.

United Kingdom

|| || || M || Committed suicide ||
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| 17. || Giorgi, Nicola, 50 || July 20 || 1922 || Pietrafitta

Pietrafitta

Pietrafitta is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy....

|| Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

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| 18. || Endres, Blasius || Aug. 9 || 1585 || Wangen im Allgäu

Wangen im Allgäu

Wangen im Allgäu is a historic city in southeast Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies north-east of Lake Constance in the Westallgäu. It is the second-largest city in the Ravensburg district and is a nexus for the surrounding communities...

|| Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire

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Killed an unborn child ||
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| 19. || Rosenzweig, Heinrich* || Jan. 2 || 1621 || Quedlinburg

Quedlinburg

Quedlinburg is a town located north of the Harz mountains, in the district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In 1994 the medieval court and the old town was set on the UNESCO world heritage list....

|| Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire

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| 20. || Whitworth, William Henry, 39* || May 18 || 1860 || Sandown Fort

Sandown Fort

Sandown Fort is a fort built in Sandown on the Isle of Wight in the middle of Sandown Bay 108 feet above sea level. It is one of the many Palmerston Forts built on the island to protect it in response to a perceived French invasion. Construction of the fort began in April 1861 and was completed by...

|| U.K.

United Kingdom

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| 21. || Duggan, Walter James* || June 28 || 1869 || London

London

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United Kingdom

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| 22. || Gaß, Ludwig, 45 || Jan. 12 || 1880 || Magdeburg

Magdeburg

Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....

|| German Reich || || || MA || Sentenced to death and executed ||
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| 23. || Derby, Samuel Hill, 35* || Feb. || 1888 || Salford

City of Salford

The City of Salford is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Salford, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Eccles, Swinton-Pendlebury, Walkden and Irlam which apart from Irlam each have a population of over...

|| U.K.

United Kingdom

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| 24. || Boronkoff, Ivan* || March 17 || 1904 || Kotjoff || Russian Empire

Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...

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| 25. || Bratz, Alfred, 50* || Jan. 9 || 1914 || Soldau || German Reich || || || FMP || Committed suicide
Also killed a dog ||
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| 26. || Cavel, Johann || July 31 || 1928 || Körmend

Körmend

-Places of interest:The town is especially well known for its castle which used to belong to the Batthyany family, one of the most important aristocrat families of Hungary. Blessed Ladislaus Batthyány-Strattmann , a famous ophthalmologist who was beatified by the Catholic Church, lived in the...

|| Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

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| 26. || Larssen, Øyvind, 21* || March 30 || 1932 || Verdal

Verdal

Verdal is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Verdalsøra...

|| Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

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| 27. || Hansen, Peter Christian, 36* || April 14 || 1949 || Nejede

Hillerød

Hillerød Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden . The municipality covers an area of 191 km² , and has a total population of 46,568...

|| Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

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| 27. || Capek, Franz, 41* || Oct. 7 || 1956 || Waltersdorf

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

|| Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

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| 28. || Antonello, Mauro, 40 || Oct. 15 || 2002 || Chieri

Chieri

Chieri is a town and comune in the province of Turin, Piedmont , located about 11 km southeast of Turin...

|| Italy

Italy

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| 29. || Unknown* || April 11 || 1599 || Prüsseln

Silesia

Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic, and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocław...

|| Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire

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| 30. || Unknown* || June || 1927 || Zabie || Poland

Second Polish Republic

The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland refers to Poland between the two world wars; a period in Polish history in which Poland was restored as an independent state. Officially known as the Republic of Poland or the Commonwealth of Poland , the Polish state was...

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| 31. || Wilsdorf, Edmund Hermann* || March 9/10 || 1907 || Dresden

Dresden

Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....

|| German Reich || || || F || Committed suicide ||
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| 32. || Konieczny, Czeslaw, 25* || Dec. 1/2 || 1929 || Peruschütz

Kreis Wreschen

Kreis Wreschen was a county in the southern administrative district of Posen, in the Prussian province of Posen. It presently lies in the eastern part of Polish region of Greater Poland Voivodeship.-History:...

|| Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

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| 33. || Schimansky, ---, 41* || April 3 || 1930 || Merkstein

Aachen

Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...

|| German Reich || || || M || Arrested ||
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| 33. || Bardoux, Roger, 33 || Oct. 19 || 1954 || Dun-le-Poëlier

Dun-le-Poëlier

Dun-le-Poëlier is a commune in the Indre department in central France.-References:*...

|| France

France

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| 34. || Kaya, Hakan, 24* || Dec. 22 || 2000 || Salzgitter

Salzgitter

Salzgitter is an independent city in southeast Lower Saxony, Germany, located between Hildesheim and Braunschweig. Together with Wolfsburg and Braunschweig, Salzgitter is one of the seven Oberzentren of Lower Saxony...

|| Germany

Germany

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Killed an unborn child ||
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| 35. || Petrović, Tomislav, 45 || May 29 || 2008 || Gornja Lipnica

Tuzla

Tuzla is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the time of the 1991 census, it had 83,770 inhabitants, while the municipality 131,318. Taking the influx of refugees into account, the city is currently estimated to have 174,558 inhabitants...

& Trstje

Tuzla

|| Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

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| 36. || Rüsau, Johann Georg, * || Aug. 15. || 1803 || Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

|| German Confederation

German Confederation

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| 37. || Moog, Johann Gottlieb* || Aug. 21 || 1817 || Frankfurt

Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...

|| German Confederation

German Confederation

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Killed an unborn child ||
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| 38. || Holzwart, Christian* || Dec. 28/29 || 1845 || Sudenburg

Magdeburg

|| German Confederation

German Confederation

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| 39. || Brough, Mary Ann, 43* || June 10 || 1854 || Esher

Esher

Esher is a town in the Surrey borough of Elmbridge in South East England near the River Mole. It is a very prosperous part of the Greater London Urban Area, largely suburban in character, and is situated 14.1 miles south west of Charing Cross....

|| U.K.

United Kingdom

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| 40. || Unknown* || || 1856 || Livorno

Livorno

Livorno , traditionally Leghorn , is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of approximately 160,000 residents in 2009.- History :...

|| Italy

Italy

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| 41. || Rodewald, Eduard, * || Jan. 8 || 1862 || Neu-Sobrusan

Zabrušany

Zabrušany is a village and municipality in Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 1,113 ....

|| Austrian Empire

Austrian Empire

The Austrian Empire was a modern era successor empire, which was centered on what is today's Austria and which officially lasted from 1804 to 1867. It was followed by the Empire of Austria-Hungary, whose proclamation was a diplomatic move that elevated Hungary's status within the Austrian Empire...

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| 42. || Errigo, Giuseppe* || June || 1870 || Casa Taverna

Castel Baronia

Castel Baronia is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy.Castel Baronia has a population of 1,233 inhabitants and a surface of 15.3 square kilometers thus showing a population density of 80.59 inhabitants per square kilometer. It rises 639 metres above the sea level...

|| Italy

Italy

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| 43. || Nill, Bernhard, 34* || May 10 || 1885 || Bodelshausen

Bodelshausen

Bodelshausen is a municipality in the district of Tübingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.- Geographical Area :Bodelshausen is situated southern of the Rammert forest near the town of Hechingen.- Neighboring municipalities and towns :...

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| 44. || Muckelmann, ---* || Dec. 23 || 1885 || Hamm

Hamm

Hamm is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany. It is located in the northeastern part of the Ruhr area. As of December 2003 its population was 180,849. The city is situated between the A1 motorway and A2 motorway...

|| German Reich || || || M || Arrested ||
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| 45. || Grosgeorge, Jean-Baptiste, 41* || May 28 || 1889 || Rougiville

Taintrux

Taintrux is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.-Geography:The river Mortagne forms all of the commune's southwestern border....

|| France

France

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| 46. || Linke, Wilhelm, 36* || Aug. 30 || 1905 || Kamenz

Kamenz

Kamenz is a Lusatian town in eastern Saxony, Germany, with a population of 18,243, and is part of the Bautzen district. The town is located about northeast of Dresden and about northwest of Bautzen....

|| German Reich || || || MA || Arrested ||
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| 47. || Head, Peter R.* || Sep. 22 || 1905 || Amesbury

Amesbury

Amesbury is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is most famous for the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge which is in its parish, and for the discovery of the Amesbury Archer—dubbed the King of Stonehenge in the press—in 2002...

|| U.K.

United Kingdom

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| 48. || Glaser, Anton, 30* || April 8/9 || 1907 || Dortmund

Dortmund

Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....

|| German Reich || || || M || Committed suicide ||
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| 48. || Bouvier, Alexis-Désiré, 37* || Dec. 11 || 1909 || Toulon

Toulon

Toulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....

|| France

France

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| 49. || Zautze, ---* || Sep. 12 || 1911 || Wassel

Sehnde

Sehnde is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located approx. 15 kilometres southeast of Hanover.-History:Sehnde was formed in 1974 by combining fifteen autonomous villages which belonged to three different districts: Bilm, Bolzum, Dolgen, Evern, Gretenberg, Haimar, Hoever, Ilten, Klein Lobke,...

|| German Reich || || || M || Committed suicide ||
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| 50. || Dillinger, Heinrich* || Feb. 12 || 1912 || Reichenbach im Vogtland || German Reich || || || F || Arrested ||
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| 51. || Husak, Franz, 44* || Feb. 4 || 1913 || Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

|| Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary

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| 52. || Blaschkowski, Johann, 44 || June 17 || 1926 || Dortmund

Dortmund

|| German Reich || || || M || Committed suicide ||
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| 53. || Lewandowski, Leon, 21 || Feb. 24 || 1927 || Groß-Tarpnia

Grudziadz

Grudziądz is a city in northern Poland on the Vistula River, with 96 042 inhabitants . Situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship , the city was previously in the Toruń Voivodeship .- History :-Early history:...

|| Poland

Second Polish Republic

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| 54. || Mitroff, ---, 25* || Oct. 27 || 1927 || Chamlievo || Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

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| 55. || Kozaczek, ---, 20* || Aug. 14 || 1929 || Wierzbowka

Ternopil

Ternopil , is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret River. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical region of Galicia...

|| Poland

Second Polish Republic

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| 56. || Müller, ---, 30* || March 1 || 1930 || Chemnitz

Chemnitz

Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle...

|| German Reich || || || P || Committed suicide ||
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| 58. || Poikoner, ---* || Sep. 21 || 1930 || Karstula

Karstula

Karstula is a municipality of Finland founded in 1867. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

|| Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

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| 59. || Delafé, Pierre* || Feb. 9 || 1932 || Moirax

Moirax

Moirax is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France....

|| France

France

|| || || FM || Sentenced to death ||
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| 60. || Meurer, Kurt Wilhelm, 37 || March 24/25 || 1932 || Jena

Jena

Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document...

|| German Reich || || || F || Committed suicide ||
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| 61. || Studnitz, Anton, 37* || July || 1934 || Rybnik

Rybnik

Rybnik is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship. Rybnik is located close to the border with the Czech Republic and just outside the southern border of the largest urban area in Poland, the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union...

|| Poland

Second Polish Republic

|| || || P || Committed suicide ||
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| 62. || Monchaux, Alfred, 44* || Oct. 12 || 1934 || Cambron

Cambron

Cambron is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Population:-External links:*...

|| France

France

|| || || MA || Committed suicide ||
|-
| 63. || Ochea, Albundi* || March || 1937 || Transsylvania || Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

|| || || M || Committed suicide ||
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| 64. || Schaßberger, Hugo, 37* || Aug. 27 || 1938 || Stuttgart

Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

|| German Reich || || || MA || Committed suicide ||
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| 64. || Devillechaise, Paul, 41* || March 18 || 1939 || Autun

Autun

Autun is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in Burgundy in eastern France. It was founded during the early Roman Empire as Augustodunum. Autun marks the easternmost extent of the Umayyad campaign in Europe.-Early history:...

|| France

France

|| || || FM || Committed suicide while awaiting trial ||
|-
| 65. || Damm, Auguste, 43* || April 26 || 1943 || Zürich

Zürich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

|| Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

|| || || F || Committed suicide ||
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| 66. || Serval, Jean* || Oct. 11 || 1950 || Essey-lès-Nancy

Essey-lès-Nancy

Essey-lès-Nancy is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.-See also:*Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department...

|| France

France

|| || || P || Committed suicide ||
|-
| 67. || Gillette, Leon, 70* || April 15 || 1952 || Le Tronquay

Le Tronquay, Calvados

-References:*...

|| France

France

|| || || MA || Committed suicide ||
|-
| 67. || Ruiz Martínez, José Maria, 45* || May 1 || 1962 || Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

|| Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

|| || || M || Committed suicide ||
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| 68. || Buschbeck, Kurt-Hermann, 44* || Aug. 4/5 || 1968 || Breitenbach

Schauenburg, Hesse

Schauenburg is a municipality in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated west of Kassel....

|| Germany

Germany

|| || || MO || Committed suicide ||
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| 69. || Leifeld, Liselotte, 33* || Sep. 23 || 1969 || Ahlen

Ahlen

Ahlen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is part of the District of Warendorf and is economically the most important town in that district. Ahlen is part of the larger Münster region, and of the historic Münsterland area....

|| Germany

Germany

|| || || F || Committed suicide ||
|-
| 70. || Rodriguez Taboadelo, Nicanor, 48 || Jan. 30 || 1971 || Ourense

Ourense

Ourense is a city in northwestern Spain, the capital of the province of the same name in Galicia. Its population of 108,674 accounts for 30% of the population of the province and makes it the third largest city of Galicia.-Population:...

|| Spain

Spain

|| || || F || Arrested ||
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| 71. || Pankhurst, Thomas, 30* || June 23 || 1971 || Biddenden

Biddenden

Biddenden is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England. The village lies on the Weald of Kent, some five miles north of Tenterden. It was centre for Wealden iron industry and also of clothmaking. During the reign of Edward III some Flemish clothworkers settled in the area...

|| U.K.

United Kingdom

|| || || M || Arrested ||
|-
| 72. || Sobok, Ryszard, 29 || Feb. 11/12 || 1981 || Walim

Walim, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Walim is a village in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Walim. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

|| Poland

Poland

|| || || M || Sentenced to death and executed
Killed an unborn child ||
|-
| 73. || Deraymaeker, Josef, 63* || Feb. 23/24 || 1985 || Overijse

Overijse

Overijse is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. The municipality comprises the town of Overijse, and the communities of Eizer, Maleizen, Jezus-Eik, Tombeek and Terlanen. On December 31, 2008 Overijse had a total population of 24,410...

|| Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

|| || || F || Committed suicide ||
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| 74. || P. Karl-Heinz, 36* || Feb. 12 || 1986 || Geisenfeld

Geisenfeld

Geisenfeld is a town in the district of Pfaffenhofen, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Ilm, southeast of Ingolstadt....

|| Germany

Germany

|| || || MP || Committed suicide ||
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| 74. || Unknown, 53* || July 12 || 1993 || Metz-Magny

Metz

Metz is a city in the northeast of France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.Metz is the capital of the Lorraine region and prefecture of the Moselle department. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, Metz forms a central place...

|| France

France

|| || || F || Committed suicide ||
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| 74. || Le Van Than, 41* || July 10 || 1994 || Coudekerque-Branche

Coudekerque-Branche

-References:* -External links:*...

|| France

France

|| || || M || Committed suicide ||
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| 75. || Demule, Guy, 37 || July 19 || 1994 || Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne

Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne

Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.-History:The town is home to a castle built around 1000 AD.The town was formerly named Châtillon-les-Dombes.-Population:-Personalities:...

|| France

France

|| || || FM || Committed suicide ||
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| 76. || Polevoi, Alexi, 17 || Feb. 27 || 1995 || Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

|| France

France

|| || || F || Sentenced to eight years in prison ||
|-
| 77. || Valente, Alfredo, 33* || Nov. 19 || 1996 || Buonvicino

Buonvicino

Buonvicino is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy....

|| Italy

Italy

|| || || F || Arrested ||
|-
| 78. || Selamet, Ozan, 42 || Jan. 18 || 2002 || Brussels

Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

|| Belgium

Belgium

|| || || FM || Sentenced to life imprisonment ||
|-
| 79. || McElhill, Arthur, 39* || Nov. 13 || 2007 || Omagh

Omagh

Omagh is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule. The town, which is the largest in the county, had a population of 19,910 at the 2001 Census. Omagh also contains the headquarters of Omagh District Council and...

|| U.K.

United Kingdom

|| || || A || Perished in the fire ||
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| 80. || Rzeszowski, Damian, 30 || Aug. 14 || 2011 || Saint Helier

Saint Helier

Saint Helier is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. St. Helier has a population of about 28,000, roughly 31.2% of the total population of Jersey, and is the capital of the Island . The urban area of the parish of St...

|| Jersey

Jersey

Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...

|| || || M || Arrested ||
|-
| 80. || Chambers, John* || || 1725 || Simer

York

York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...

|| U.K.

United Kingdom

|| || || || Sentenced to death and executed ||
|-
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| 81. || Massetti, Giuseppe* || Oct. 19 || 1913 || Rovato

Rovato

Rovato is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is bounded by other communes of Cologne and Cazzago San Martino. It is located in Franciacorta ar the foot of Monte Orfano.-External links:**...

|| Italy

Italy

|| || || FA || ||
|-
| 82. || Unknown* || || 1927 || Ryazan

Ryazan

Ryazan is a city and the administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Oka River southeast of Moscow. Population: The strategic bomber base Dyagilevo is just west of the city, and the air base of Alexandrovo is to the southeast as is the Ryazan Turlatovo Airport...

|| Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

|| || || M || ||
|-
| 83. || Sitko, 21 || Aug. || 1930 || Baranovichi

Baranovichi

Baranovichi , is a city in the Brest Province of western Belarus with a population of 173,000. It is a significant railway junction and home to a state university.-Overview:...

|| Poland

Second Polish Republic

|| || || A || ||
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| 84. || Hall, Frederick* || May 31 || 1898 || Nettlebank || U.K.

United Kingdom

|| || || M || Committed suicide
Killed an unborn child ||
|-
| 85. || Niballi, Antonio, 44* || May || 1893 || Nicastro

Nicastro

Nicastro was a small town in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy.Since 1968 it constitutes, together with Sambiase and Sant'Eufemia Lamezia, the city of Lamezia Terme.- Geography :...

|| Italy

Italy

|| || || F || Committed suicide ||
|-
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| 86. || Berko || Sep. 23 || 1905 || Horodenka

Horodenka

Horodenka is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Horodenka Raion .The current estimated population is around 9,800 .-History:...

|| Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary

|| || || F || Arrested ||
|-
| 86. || Gray, Edmond, 52* || Jan. 23 || 1934 || Berzée

Walcourt

Walcourt is a Walloon municipality and town located in Belgium in the province of Namur.On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 17,516 inhabitants...

|| Belgium

Belgium

|| || || M || Committed suicide ||
|-
| 86. || Reichel, Johann, 45* || June 21 || 1867 || Große

Krnov

Krnov is an Upper Silesian city in the northeastern Czech Republic, in the Moravian-Silesian Region, the District of Bruntál, on the Opava River, near the Polish border....

|| Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary

|| || || MA || Committed suicide ||
|-
| 87. || Lomnitzky, Josef* || Dec. || 1930 || Ardanova || Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

|| || || P || Committed suicide ||
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| 88. || Karapetyants, --- || March 31 || 1907 || Alexandropol

Gyumri

Gyumri is the capital and largest city of the Shirak Province in northwest Armenia. It is located about 120 km from the capital Yerevan, and, with a population of 168,918 , is the second-largest city in Armenia.The name of the city has been changed many times in history...

|| Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

|| || || M || Committed suicide ||
|}

Abbreviations and footnotes

– Marks cases where all the victims were relatives of the perpetrator

W – A basic description of the weapons used in the murders

F – Firearm

Firearm

A firearm is a weapon that launches one, or many, projectile at high velocity through confined burning of a propellant. This subsonic burning process is technically known as deflagration, as opposed to supersonic combustion known as a detonation. In older firearms, the propellant was typically...

s and other ranged weapon

Ranged weapon

A ranged weapon is any weapon that can harm targets at distances greater than hand-to-hand distance. In contrast, a weapon intended to be used in man-to-man combat is called a melee weapon....

s, especially rifle

Rifle

A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile , imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the...

s and handgun

Handgun

A handgun is a firearm designed to be held and operated by one hand. This characteristic differentiates handguns as a general class of firearms from long guns such as rifles and shotguns ....

s, but also bow

Bow (weapon)

The bow and arrow is a projectile weapon system that predates recorded history and is common to most cultures.-Description:A bow is a flexible arc that shoots aerodynamic projectiles by means of elastic energy. Essentially, the bow is a form of spring powered by a string or cord...

s and crossbow

Crossbow

A crossbow is a weapon consisting of a bow mounted on a stock that shoots projectiles, often called bolts or quarrels. The medieval crossbow was called by many names, most of which derived from the word ballista, a torsion engine resembling a crossbow in appearance.Historically, crossbows played a...

s, grenade launcher

Grenade launcher

A grenade launcher or grenade discharger is a weapon that launches a grenade with more accuracy, higher velocity, and to greater distances than a soldier could throw it by hand....

s, flamethrower

Flamethrower

A flamethrower is a mechanical device designed to project a long controllable stream of fire.Some flamethrowers project a stream of ignited flammable liquid; some project a long gas flame. Most military flamethrowers use liquids, but commercial flamethrowers tend to use high-pressure propane and...

s, or slingshot

Slingshot

A slingshot, shanghai, flip, bean shooter or catapult is a small hand-powered projectile weapon. The classic form consists of a Y-shaped frame held in the off hand, with two rubber strips attached to the uprights. The other ends of the strips lead back to a pocket which holds the projectile...

M – Melee weapon

Mêlée weapon

A melee weapon is any weapon that does not involve a projectile — that is, both the user and target of the weapon are in contact with it simultaneously in normal use...

s, like knives, sword

Sword

A sword is a bladed weapon used primarily for cutting or thrusting. The precise definition of the term varies with the historical epoch or the geographical region under consideration...

s, spear

Spear

A spear is a pole weapon consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head.The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with bamboo spears, or it may be made of a more durable material fastened to the shaft, such as flint, obsidian, iron, steel or...

s, machete

Machete

The machete is a large cleaver-like cutting tool. The blade is typically long and usually under thick. In the English language, an equivalent term is matchet, though it is less commonly known...

s, axe

Axe

The axe, or ax, is an implement that has been used for millennia to shape, split and cut wood; to harvest timber; as a weapon; and as a ceremonial or heraldic symbol...

s, club

Club (weapon)

A club is among the simplest of all weapons. A club is essentially a short staff, or stick, usually made of wood, and wielded as a weapon since prehistoric times....

s, rods, rock

Rock (geology)

In geology, rock or stone is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids.The Earth's outer solid layer, the lithosphere, is made of rock. In general rocks are of three types, namely, igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic...

s, or bare hand

Hand

A hand is a prehensile, multi-fingered extremity located at the end of an arm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs...

O – Any other weapons, such as bomb

Bomb

A bomb is any of a range of explosive weapons that only rely on the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy...

s, hand grenade

Hand grenade

A hand grenade is any small bomb that can be thrown by hand. Hand grenades are classified into three categories, explosive grenades, chemical and gas grenades. Explosive grenades are the most commonly used in modern warfare, and are designed to detonate after impact or after a set amount of time...

s, Molotov cocktail

Molotov cocktail

The Molotov cocktail, also known as the petrol bomb, gasoline bomb, Molotov bomb, fire bottle, fire bomb, or simply Molotov, is a generic name used for a variety of improvised incendiary weapons...

s, poison

Poison

In the context of biology, poisons are substances that can cause disturbances to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism....

and poisonous gas, as well as vehicle

Vehicle

A vehicle is a device that is designed or used to transport people or cargo. Most often vehicles are manufactured, such as bicycles, cars, motorcycles, trains, ships, boats, and aircraft....

and arson

Arson

Arson is the crime of intentionally or maliciously setting fire to structures or wildland areas. It may be distinguished from other causes such as spontaneous combustion and natural wildfires...

attacks

A – indicates that an arson attack was the only other weapon used

V – indicates that a vehicle was the only other weapon used

E – indicates that explosives of any sort were the only other weapon used

P – indicates that an anaesthetising or deadly substance of any kind was the only other weapon used (includes poisonous gas)

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