Spree killer
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A spree killer, also known as a rampage killer, is someone who embarks on a murderous 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."[1] Serial killers are different in that they have cooling off periods between attacks, while mass murderers typically stick to one location.[citation needed]
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[edit] Notably large spree killings
Notably large spree killings in history include:
- Tsuyama massacre (Japan, 1938) - Mutsuo Toi, using an old Japanese rifle and swords, killed 30[2] and then himself in an hour and a half.
- Uireyeong massacre (South Korea, 1982) - Woo Bum-kon killed 57 and then himself in eight hours, using grenades and an M1 Carbine.
- Port Arthur massacre (Australia, 1996) - Martin Bryant, using two semi-automatic weapons, an AR-15 and an L1A1 SLR, killed 35 in 5 hours.
- Virginia Tech massacre (United States of America, 2007) - Seung-Hui Cho, using two pistols, killed 32 and then himself in the course of about three hours.
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[edit] Further reading
- Pan Pantziarka 2000, Lone Wolf: True Stories of Spree Killers , Virgin Publishing ISBN 0-7535-0437-5
[edit] References
- ^ Independentmail.com (Anderson SC) - No evidence of spree killer yet, police say
- ^ 津山三十人殺し―日本犯罪史上空前の惨劇 (Akira Tsukuba, 2001) ISBN 4102901280