List of rampage killers in Asia

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This is a list of mass or spree killers in Asia (excluding China). A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills three or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period, not including themselves.[1][2] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others.[3][4][5]

Specific notable subtypes of mass murder, including politically motivated crimes, workplace killings, school attacks and familicides, have their own lists.

This list does not include serial killers, members of democidal governments, or major political figures who orchestrated such actions.


Rampage killers

More information Perpetrator, Date ...
Perpetrator Date Year Location Country Killed Injured W Additional Notes Ref
Kim Dae-Han, 56 (김대한) Feb 182003DaeguSouth Korea South Korea
192
151+
ASentenced to life imprisonment, died August 21, 2004[6]
Woo Bum-kon, 27
(우범곤)
April 26/271982UiryeongSouth Korea South Korea
56
35
FMECommitted suicide
Seven victims died later on; attributed to this event
[7]
Zeng Yang, 38
(曾暘)
Wang Zhengyi, 48
(王正義)
June 201964TaichungTaiwan Taiwan
55
0
F VBoth died in the crash[8]
Aoba, Shinji, 41 July 182019KyotoJapan Japan
36
33
ASentenced to death[9]
Panya Khamrab, 34 Oct 6 2022 Na Klang district Thailand Thailand
36
10
FMV Committed suicide [10]
Toi, Mutsuo, 21[n 1]
(都井睦雄)
May 211938KaioEmpire of Japan Empire of Japan
30
3
FMCommitted suicide
Thomma, Jakrapanth, 31[n 2]
(จักรพันธ์ ถมมา)
Feb 8/92020Nakhon RatchasimaThailand Thailand
29
58
FKilled by police
Tanimoto, Morio, 61 Dec 172021OsakaJapan Japan
26
1
ADied from injuries sustained in the fire
Unknown June 31938AnkaraTurkey Turkey
26
?
FKilled by armed citizen or guards[11]
Unknown[n 1] March 25/261994Ta'izzYemen Yemen
22
?
FKilled by police[12]
Uematsu, Satoshi, 26
(植松聖)
July 262016SagamiharaJapan Japan
19
26
 MSentenced to death
Ogawa, Kazuhiro, 46 Oct 12008OsakaJapan Japan
16
9
ASentenced to death
Siavash Rahmani-Aqdam, 22[n 2]
(سیاوش رحمانی-اقدم)
Nov 26/281998TehranIran Iran
14
11
FKilled by police[13]
Ramesh Sharma, 28[n 2]
(रमेश शर्मा)
July 231983MandsaurIndia India
14
9
FKilled by police
Two unknown men1936AksumTurkey Turkey
14
3
FMBoth were killed[14]
Unknown Soldier[n 2] June 141912GuangzhouBeiyang government Republic of China
14
2+
FKilled by soldiers[15]
Unknown1879Qing dynasty Qing dynasty
12
4–5
 MPerpetrator injured in the attack, sentenced to death[16]
Dương Văn Môn, 35 Aug 81998Krông Pắk DistrictVietnam Vietnam
12
6
 MSentenced to death[17]
Thapa, Basudev, 26[n 2] Dec 142005ChihandandaNepal Nepal
11
19
FKilled by soldiers
Unknown Soldier[n 2] May 201887KarachiBritish Raj British Raj
11
0
FCommitted suicide[18]
Abdullah Saleh Zaid al-Kohali, 26
(عبد الله صالح زيد القهالي)
May 302008Bait al-AqariYemen Yemen
10
15
FSentenced to death and executed[19]
Li Hsing-ju, 29[n 2]
(李興儒)
Sep 211959Nantou CityTaiwan Taiwan
10
4
FCommitted suicide[20]
Kim Won-je[n 2]

(김원제)

May 1 1974 Kimpo South Korea South Korea
10
3
F Committed suicide, one victim succumbed to injuries on May 5 [21][22][23]
Unknown Sep 131954JorhatIndia India
10
?
 MKilled[24]
Hiroshi Taguchi Nov.1935KamijimaEmpire of Japan Empire of Japan
9
?
Died[25]
Unknown[n 1] Nov.1996Iran Iran
9
?
Killed[26]
Ehlil, Nebil, 23 April 161969İshaklarTurkey Turkey
8–10
6–8
FKilled by police[27]
Unknown Oct.1906KarenuiBritish Raj British Raj
8
15
Killed[28]
Li Han-no[n 1] June 11921TokyoEmpire of Japan Empire of Japan
8
9
 MSentenced to life imprisonment[29]
Unknown Soldier[n 2][n 1] Nov 41994Kurunegala DistrictSri Lanka Sri Lanka
8
1
FCommitted suicide
Terminated a pregnancy
[30]
Chukamnerd, Venus, 52[n 1]
(วีนัส ชูกำเนิด)
March 22008Hat YaiThailand Thailand
8
1
FSentenced to life imprisonment and Died in prison[31] [32]
Hideo Hosoda Nov.1938Shijōnawate, OsakaEmpire of Japan Empire of Japan
8
?
Committed suicide[25]
Mohammed Naji Ahmed al-Amari
(محمد ناجي أحمد العماري)
Aug 19/212012QatabaYemen Yemen
7–10
11–13
FKilled
Killed a person in 2008
[33]
Abdu Ahmed Mohammed Nasser Al Harazi, 44
(عبده أحمد محمد ناصر الحرزي)
July 72008AdenYemen Yemen
7
5
FDied while awaiting trial
Killed one and wounded several others in a similar incident a few years prior
[34]
Kato, Tomohiro, 25
(加藤智大)
June 82008TokyoJapan Japan
7
10
 MVSentenced to death and executed
Two Unknown Soldiers [n 2] July 291997Thừa Thiên–Huế ProvinceVietnam Vietnam
7
4
FBoth committed suicide[35]
Two unknown men June2000Aal BaseerYemen Yemen
7
3
FBoth were killed[36]
Bekçe, Yiğit, 29
Karahasan, Mehmet, 24
Oct 20–232006Kocaeli, Ankara, Mersin, Adana, BursaTurkey Turkey
7
2
FBoth sentenced to life imprisonment
Karahasan killed a man in 1996
[37]
Muhammad Halabi, 32
(محمد حلبي)
Mahmoud Halabi
Oct 17/191989Tel Aviv & JaffaIsrael Israel
7
0
 MSentenced to life imprisonment[38]
Unknown Feb 71900Mount MyōgiEmpire of Japan Empire of Japan
7
?
 MKilled[39]
Unknown[n 2]1916ChandaBritish Raj British Raj
7
?
FCommitted suicide[40]
Unknown Jan.1967New DelhiIndia India
7
?
FKilled by police[41]
Rha Sung-jong, 22[n 2] May 111973Seoul & JeonjuSouth Korea South Korea
6–7
1
FCommitted suicide[42]
Unknown June 9 2022 Daegu South Korea South Korea
6
49
A Died in the fire
Unknown Soldier[n 2] May 171985AnuradhapuraSri Lanka Sri Lanka
6
16
FKilled by soldiers[43]
Mohammad Saeed, 50 July 232018DarotPakistan Pakistan
6
6
FCommitted suicide[44]
Jamshid Soleimani, 60 Oct.2002MahallatIran Iran
6
5
F ACommitted suicide[45]
Unknown[n 1] June 241878HyderabadBritish Raj British Raj
6
4
FKilled by soldiers[46][47]
Unknown1900sManpaung & Upper MagyibinBritish Raj British Raj
6
4
 MSentenced to death; later changed to life imprisonment[48]
King Kyung-yul[n 2] Jan 181971KimpoSouth Korea South Korea
6
4
F ECommitted suicide[49]
Unknown March 31930BangkokThailand Thailand
6
3
Committed suicide[50]
Hatakeyama, Ikuya, 31
(畠山育也)
Nov 61975AkiJapan Japan
6
2
FSentenced to life imprisonment[51]
Jitjantuk, Veera, 42
(วีระ จิตร์จันทึก)
Oct 271997Non DangThailand Thailand
6
2
FSentenced to death[52]
Unknown, 26 Jan 112017ArakIran Iran
6
2
FSentenced to death and executed[53]
Hsiao, --- Jan 24/251965TaichungTaiwan Taiwan
6
1
FPerished in the fire[54]
Duleswar Barik Jan 82003AlapataIndia India
6
0
 MSentenced to death[55]
Dhankar, Naresh Kumar, 45 Jan 22018PalwalIndia India
6
0
 MSentenced to death[56]
Unknown July 16 2024 Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok Thailand Thailand
6
0
P Suspected murder-suicide according to police
Sarath, P.G.[n 2] Aug 221999Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
6
?
FCommitted suicide[57]
Rati Ram[n 2] Nov 27/281930MudonBritish Raj British Raj
5–6
3–4
FCommitted suicide[58]
Nakane, F., 31 April1922TongsakliKorea Korea
5–6
?
 MKilled by angry mob[59]
Unknown Sailor1870sMuscatOman Oman
5
≈20
 MKilled[60]
Ahn In-deuk, 42
(안인득)
April 172019JinjuSouth Korea South Korea
5
17
 MASentenced to life imprisonment
Mustapha[n 2] Jan 301895ConstantinopleOttoman Empire Ottoman Empire
5
14
 MSentenced to death
Later changed to 15 years in prison
[61]
Uwabe, Yasuaki, 35
(上部康明)
Sep 291999Shimonoseki, YamaguchiJapan Japan
5
10
 MVSentenced to death and executed[62]
Jeong Sang-jin, 30
(정상진)
Oct 202008SeoulSouth Korea South Korea
5
7
 MASentenced to death
One more died by jumping out of a window
[63]
Ko Yone, 42 April 42016ThanbyuzayatMyanmar Myanmar
5
5–6
FKilled by police[64]
Noi Praidaen, 61
(น้อย ไพรเดน)
June 282025BangkokThailand Thailand
5
2
 FCommitted suicide[65]
Duzhnov, Igor, 54 Sep 202021Almaty Kazakhstan
5
0
F
Sentenced to life imprisonment[66][67]
Cheng Chieh, 21
(鄭捷)
May 212014New Taipei CityTaiwan Taiwan
4
24
 MSentenced to death and executed[68]
Lieu Zang-hyung[n 2] May 21916ShanghaiBeiyang government Republic of China
4
14
FKilled by police[69]
Unknown, 50 June 71868TrebizondOttoman Empire Ottoman Empire
4–10+
7–14
 MSentenced to death and executed[70]
Abdul-Fattah Saleh Ali Al-Ghamri, 34
(ويدعى عبد الفتاح القمري)
June 112004Jabal Al-LessiYemen Yemen
4
6
FKilled by police
Al-Ghamri's sister killed during shootout
[71]
Unknown May 241964Tai PoBritish Hong Kong British Hong Kong
3
12
FKilled by police[72]
Chang Wen Dec 192025TaipeiTaiwan Taiwan
3
11
AMCommitted suicide
Meksawat, Kiartipong, 20
(เกียรติพงศ์ เมฆสวัสดิ์)
May 232007Pathum ThaniThailand Thailand
3
7–9
FMKilled by police[73]
Zakharov, Dmitry, 34 Nov 7 2020 Yekaterinburg Russia
3
1
F
Committed suicide [74]
Lyovkin, Vladimir Jan 27 2015 Blagoveshchensk Russia
3
0
F
Committed suicide

[75]

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Home intruders

More information Perpetrator, Date ...
Perpetrator Date Year Location Country Killed Injured W Additional Notes Ref.
Kido, Kumatarō, 36
Tani, Yagorō
May 251893OsakaJapan Empire of Japan
11
0
FMBoth committed suicide
Huang Zhiheng, 50
(黃志恆)
Aug 41985Iao HonMacau Portuguese Macau
10
0
 MCommitted suicide while awaiting trial
Killed a man in 1973
Akşit, Nurettin, 28[n 3] Aug 111986DağmarmaraTurkey Turkey
9
1
F ASentenced to life imprisonment
Released from prison in 2003
[76]
Nakamura, Kiichiro, 36[n 3][n 4]
(中村喜市郎)
Sep 71954ToyotsuJapan Japan
8
3
 MSentenced to death and executed[77]
Unknown[n 3] April 252008AqrahIraq Iraq
8
3
FCommitted suicide[78]
Kumar, Sanjeev
Poonia, Sonia, 20[n 3][n 4]
Aug 232001HisarIndia India
8
0
 MBoth sentenced to death;
later changed to life imprisonment
Unknown[n 3][n 4] April 21948FukagawaJapan Japan
8
0
 M[79]
Maksim Lyamin, 20
(Максим Лямин)
Alexander Pashchenko
(Александр Пащенко)
March 192011SurıptawKazakhstan Kazakhstan
7
0
 MLyamin sentenced to life imprisonment
Pashchenko sentenced to 20 years in prison
[80]
Permyakov, Valery Pavlovich, 18[n 2]
(Пермяков, Валерий Павлович)
Jan 12015GyumriArmenia Armenia
7
0
FMSentenced to life imprisonment
Altun, Mehmet, 33 July 302021KonyaTurkey Turkey
7
0
F ASentenced to life imprisonment
Ramachandran, 30[n 4] Feb 1/21954AnuradhapuraSri Lanka Sri Lanka
6
1
FCommitted suicide[81]
Unknown June 101946SamsunTurkey Turkey
6
0
FTerminated a pregnancy
Killed a man eight years prior
[82]
Antony, 62 Jan 62001AluvaIndia India
6
0
MSentenced to death[83]
Karlik, Damian, 38[n 3][n 4]
(דמיאן קרליק)
Oct 172009Rishon LeZionIsrael Israel
6
0
 MASentenced to life imprisonment[84]
Nakada Ludeña, Vayron Jonathan, 30 Sep 14/162015KumagayaJapan Japan
6
0
 MSentenced to life imprisonment[85]
Seyitberdyev, Dovran, 33–34 (Сейитбердыев, Довран) Aug 2 2018 Baýramaly Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
5
?
 M Sentenced to 25 years in prison [86]
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Vehicular homicides

More information Name, Date ...
Name Date Year Location Country Killed Injured W Additional notes Ref.
Abd al-Hadi Ghanim, 25
(شخص واحد)
July 61989Kiryat Ye'arimIsrael Israel
16
27
VSentenced to 16 life sentences
Santosh Maruti Mane, 40
(संतोष मारुति माने)
Jan 252012PuneIndia India
9
27–37
VSentenced to death[87]
Khalil Abu Olbeh, 35
(خليل أبو علبة)
Feb 142001AzorIsrael Israel
8
26
VSentenced to eight life terms plus 21 years
Unknown, 26 Oct.1996Hòa BìnhVietnam Vietnam
8
3
VCommitted suicide[88]
Takeuchi, Keisuke (accused) July 151949MitakaJapan Japan
6
20
VDied while awaiting execution
Fadi al-Qanbar, 28
(فادي القنبر)
Jan 82017East Jerusalem, West BankPalestine Palestine
4
17
VKilled by police
Mohammed Faruz Abdallah, 33 Nov 11970KarachiPakistan Pakistan
4
11
VSentenced to death
Serkov, Vladimir Fedorovich, 23
(Серков, Владимир Федорович)
Sep 261976NovosibirskSoviet Union Soviet Union
4
11
VDied in the crash[89]
Hussam Taysir Dwayat, 32
(حسام دويات)
July 22008Jerusalem
3
36
VKilled by police
Ho Chung-ming, 36 Aug 301964TaipeiTaiwan Taiwan
3
20
VSentenced to death[90]
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Familicides

The victims must have been largely the relatives of the perpetrator to be considered a familicide.

More information Perpetrator, Date ...
Perpetrator Date Year Location State Killed Injured W Additional Notes Ref.
Mohammad Zaman, 30* Sep 252009Ghola Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
15–16
?
FCommitted suicide[91]
Warekar, Asnain Anwar, 35 Feb 282016Thane India
14
1
 MCommitted suicide
Mangal, 50
Ahmad, 20
Hafizullah, 18
Jan 282025KhostAfghanistan Afghanistan
13
0
FSentenced to death and executed[92][93][94]
Amar Lajdah Oct 122020Al Bayda Yemen
12
3
FKilled by police[95][96]
Bahram Jeshanpur, 30 Feb 172024Kerman Iran
12
3
FKilled by security forces[97][98]
Saeed al-Qashash, 19 June 101998Amman Jordan
12
0
FSentenced to death and executed[99]
Jalal Osman Khoja, 40*
(جلال عثمان خوجة)
Dec 262000Jeddah Saudi Arabia
11
0
FCommitted suicide[100]
Abdul Emir Khalaf Sabhan* Aug 262003Baghdad Iraq
11
0
FCommitted suicide[101]
Jamaluddin, 45*
(जमालुद्दीन)
Jan 42017Pashim Mahona India
10
2–4
 MPCommitted suicide[102]
Gurmit Singh, 40* March 242000Budhanwala India
10
0
 PCommitted suicide[103]
Unknown* Sept.2009Aden Yemen
10
0
 ACommitted suicide[104]
Dipendra of Nepal, 29* June 12001Kathmandu   Nepal
9
5
FCommitted suicide
Taş, Yusuf, 25* Feb 42016Gaziantep Turkey
9
2
FSentenced to life imprisonment[105][106]
Nasir Abbas Aug 202009Faisalabad Pakistan
9
0
FSentenced to death[107]
Mohamed Jamil Ahmed, 41* Aug 181955Sandila India
8
1
FCommitted suicide[108]
Chen Yanxiang, 31
(陳彥翔)
June 152022Hsinchu Taiwan
8
1
 ASentenced to death
Ghulam Mohammad* July 62001Gujar Khan Pakistan
8
0
F PSentenced to death[109]
Faiz Karbalawi, 50
(فائز کربلاوی)
April 72021Ahvaz & Karun Iran
8
0
FCommitted suicide[110]
Ohashi, Kazuo, 26
(大橋一雄)
Jan 271946Wakayama Empire of Japan
8
0
 MSentenced to death
Later changed to life imprisonment
[111]
Mizuki, Tetsuo., 24
(水木鉄雄)
Dec 121953Niina Japan
8
0
F AFound not guilty by reason of insanity[112]
Taşçı, Ömer, 48* Sep 92007Karaadilli Turkey
8
?
FSentenced to 80 years in prison[113]
Ikeda, Kazumichi, 44
(池田一通)
Jan 311980Nigishimacho Japan
7
3
FMCommitted suicide[114]
Unknown Feb.1950 Japan
7
2
 PCommitted suicide[115]
Huseynov, Rafig Muzaffar, 36 Oct 12014Goranboy Azerbaijan
7
2
F  ESentenced to life imprisonment[116][117]
Fujishiro, Yasutaka, 47*
(藤城康孝)
Aug 22004Kakogawa Japan
7
1
 MASentenced to death and executed[118]
Ram Kishan Patel, 45* March 122006Datehli India
7
1
 PCommitted suicide[119]
Kudo, Yonekichi, 60* Oct 121948Tokyo Japan
7
0
 MACommitted suicide[120]
Unknown man, 18 March 41957Kawasaki, Kanagawa Japan
7
0
Found not guilty by reason of insanity[121][122]
Ariyama, Masao, 24
(有山政男)
July 221959Iwatsuki Japan
7
0
 ASentenced to death[123]
Unknown* Dec.1988 Sri Lanka
7
0
 PCommitted suicide[124]
Mohammed Nawaz* Sep 212002Islamabad Pakistan
7
0
F PSentenced to death
Terminated a pregnancy
[125]
Danışmaz, Hasan, 38* Jan 72008Sürmene Turkey
7
0
FSentenced to life imprisonment
Killed a truck driver in Dec 2001
[126]
Saleh Mohammed, 42–43*
(صالح محمد)
Oct 222009الهلوم Iraq
7
0
FAttempted suicide[127]
Ihsanullah* Feb 122015Qalat Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
7
0
FShot dead[128]
Shravan Kanat, 36* Oct 10/112015Moti Kosladi India
7
0
 MCommitted suicide[129]
Unknown* Feb.2001 Thailand
7
?
FCommitted suicide[130]
Weng Renxian, 50
(翁仁賢)
Feb 72016Taoyuan, Taiwan Taiwan
6
5
 ASentenced to death and executed
Namiki, Kisaburo* April1948 Japan
6
1
 MCommitted suicide[131]
Ohba, Shinshe, 32* Feb 11970Shimabara Japan
6
1
F ACommitted suicide[132]
Ram Prasad Karna, 27* April 41977   Nepal
6
1
 MPTerminated a pregnancy[133]
Noor Din Khan Aug 272019Sargodha Pakistan
6
1
FMACommitted suicide[134]
Unknown* April1933Viluppuram British Raj
6
0
Committed suicide[135]
Unknown Police Officer* Dec 171949Rangoon Burma
6
0
FCommitted suicide[136]
Po Aung, 40* March1965Mergui Burma
6
0
 MCommitted suicide[137]
Unknown* Oct.1974Balitai Bangladesh
6
0
 PCommitted suicide[138]
Dilber, Halil, 40* Aug 91986Killar Turkey
6
0
FMCommitted suicide[139]
Bheru Singh* June 31988Dablana India
6
0
 MSentenced to death[140]
Shaikh Ayub* Feb 5/61995 India
6
0
 MSentenced to death
Later commuted to life imprisonment
[141]
Aydın, Muammer, 26* Dec 21995Evci Turkey
6
0
FMCommitted suicide while awaiting trial[142]
Saroj Bala, 35* April 102002Hapur India
6
0
 PCommitted suicide[143]
Jafar Ali, 35* July 172002Etawah India
6
0
 MSentenced to death[144]
Shibendu Saha* July 182004Calcutta India
6
0
 MPCommitted suicide[145]
Jagdiah* Aug 19/202005Madhya Pradesh India
6
0
 MSentenced to death[146]
I. N., 35 May 292008Abu Alanda Jordan
6
0
 MSentenced to death[147]
Abdul Hafeez Bhatti* Sep 152008 Pakistan
6
0
 MSentenced to death[148][149][150]
Dhal Singh Devangan, 36* Feb 192012Mohdipat India
6
0
 MSentenced to death[151]
Komatsu, Hirobumi, 32*
(小松博文)
Oct 62017Hitachi, Ibaraki Japan
6
0
 MASentenced to death
Iihoshi, Masahiro, 42
(飯干昌大)
Nov 262018Takachiho, Miyazaki Japan
6
0
 MCommitted suicide[152]
Appalaraju, Battina, 50* Apr 152021Visakhapatnam India
6
0
 MSentenced to death[153]
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Abbreviations and footnotes

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

  1. At least one of the victims was a relative of the assailant.
  2. Assailant was a member of the military, police, or a comparable force at the time of the rampage.
  3. All the victims were members of the same family.
  4. All the victims were killed in the same household.

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

F – Firearms and other ranged weapons, especially rifles and handguns, but also bows and crossbows, grenade launchers, flamethrowers, or slingshots
M – Melee weapons, like knives, swords, spears, machetes, axes, clubs, rods, stones, or bare hands
O – Any other weapons, such as bombs, hand grenades, Molotov cocktails, poison and poisonous gas, as well as vehicle and arson 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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