List of school massacres by death toll
Abbreviations and footnotes
# indicates the ranking of the massacre by number of deaths (since this is a List enumerated by death toll, not by date or by number of overall casualties).

List of school massacres by death toll

Section Title: Abbreviations and footnotes
Table Section Text: # indicates the ranking of the massacre by number of deaths (since this is a List enumerated by death toll, not by date or by number of overall casualties).

#	Name	Date	Year	Location	Country	Killed	Injured	W	Perpetrator	Fate of perpetrator(s)	Ref.

1.	Beslan school siege	Sep 1	2004	Beslan, North Ossetia-Alania	Russia Russia	334	783	FME	Islamic terrorists (Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs)	Most killed by special forces, one captured and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment

2.	Walisongo school massacre	May 28	2000	Central Sulawesi	Indonesia Indonesia	165–191	?	FM	Executed

3.	Eastern University massacre	Sep 5	1990	Chenkalady	Sri Lanka Sri Lanka	158	?	F	Unknown

4.	Peshawar massacre	Dec 16	2014	Peshawar	Pakistan Pakistan	149	114	FME	Killed by special forces

5.	Garissa University College attack	Apr 2	2015	Garissa	Kenya Kenya	148	79	F	4 killed and 5 arrested

6.	Kyanguli Fire Tragedy	Mar 24	2001	Machakos County	Kenya Kenya	67	?	A	Arrested

7.	Bath School disaster	May 18	1927	Bath Township, MI	United States United States	44	58	FE	Andrew Kehoe, 55	Suicide

8.	Thammasat University massacre	Oct 6	1976	Sanam Luang	Thailand Thailand	46-100+	167	F	None

9.	Virginia Tech shooting	April 16	2007	Blacksburg, VA	United States United States	32	17	F	Seung-Hui Cho, 23 (조승희)	Suicide

10.	Ma'alot massacre	May 15	1974	Ma'alot	Israel Israel	31	70	FM	Killed by police

11.	Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting	Dec 14	2012	Newtown, CT	United States United States	27	2	F	Adam Lanza, 20	Suicide

12.	Bacha Khan University Attack	Jan 20	2016	Charsadda	PakistanPakistan	22+	?	FE	None

13.	Kerch Polytechnic College attack	Oct 17	2018	Kerch, Crimea	Russia Russia / Ukraine Ukraine	20	70	FE	Vladislav Roslyakov, 18	Suicide

14.	2004 Dhemaji school bombing	Aug 15	2004	Assam	IndiaIndia	18	40	E

15.	University of Texas tower shooting	Aug 1	1966	Austin, TX	United States United States	17	31	FM	Charles Whitman, 25	Killed by police

Stoneman Douglas High School shooting	Feb 14	2018	Parkland, FL	United States United States	17	17	F	Nikolas Cruz, 19	Arrested

Dunblane massacre	March 13	1996	Dunblane	United Kingdom United Kingdom	17	15	F	Thomas Hamilton, 43	Suicide

16.	Erfurt school massacre	April 26	2002	Erfurt	Germany Germany	16	1	F	Robert Steinhäuser, 19	Suicide

17.	Winnenden school shooting	March 11	2009	Winnenden and Wendlingen	Germany Germany	15	9	F	Tim Kretschmer, 17	Suicide

18.	École Polytechnique massacre	Dec 6	1989	Montreal, QC	Canada Canada	14	14	FM	Marc Lépine, 25	Suicide

19.	Columbine High School massacre	April 20	1999	Columbine, CO	United States United States	13	24	F M E	Eric Harris, 18 Dylan Klebold, 17	Both died by suicide

Janaúba massacre	Oct 5	2017	Janaúba	Brazil Brazil	13	37	A	Damião Soares dos Santos, 50	Perished in the flames

Chlef school attack	Oct 15	2002	Chlef Province	Algeria Algeria	13	1	F	None

20	Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting	April 30	2009	Baku	Azerbaijan Azerbaijan	12	13	F	Farda Gadirov, 28	Suicide

Rio de Janeiro school shooting	April 7	2011	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil Brazil	12	12	F	Wellington Oliveira, 23	Suicide

Shiguan kindergarten attack	May 8	2006	Shiguan	China China	12	5	MA	Bai Ningyang, 18 (白宁阳)	Death penalty

21.	Cologne school massacre	June 11	1964	Volkhoven	Germany West Germany	10	22	FM	Walter Seifert, 42	Suicide

Suzano school shooting (Raul Brasil school)	March 13	2019	Suzano	Brazil Brazil	10	11	FME	Guilherme Taucci Monteiro, 17 Luiz Henrique de Castro, 25	Castro was murdered by Monteiro, who then committed suicide

Enoch Brown school massacre	July 26	1764	Pennsylvania	United States United States	10	2	FM

Santa Fe High School shooting	May 18	2018	Texas	United States United States	10	13	F E	Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17	Arrested

.	Kauhajoki school shooting	Sep 23	2008	Kauhajoki	Finland Finland	10	1	F A	Matti Saari, 22	Suicide

22.	Shengshui kindergarten attack	May 12	2010	Linchang	China China	9	11	M	Wu Huanming, 47 (吴焕明)	Suicide

Umpqua Community College shooting	Oct 1	2015	Roseburg, OR	United States United States	9	8	F	Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26	Suicide

Red Lake massacre	March 21	2005	Red Lake, MN	United States United States	9	5	F	Jeffrey Weise, 16	Suicide

Ruzhou school massacre	Nov 26	2004	Ruzhou	China China	9	3	M	Yan Yanming, 21 (闫彦明)	Death penalty

23.	Osaka school massacre	June 8	2001	Ikeda, Osaka	Japan Japan	8	15	M	Mamoru Takuma, 37 (宅間 守)	Death penalty

Mercaz HaRav massacre	March 6	2008	Jerusalem	Israel Israel	8	11	F	Alaa Abu Dhein, 26 (علاء هاشم أبو دهيم)	Killed by police

Nanping school massacre	March 23	2010	Nanping	China China	8	5	M	Zheng Minsheng, 41 (郑明生)	Death penalty

Jokela school shooting	Nov 7	2007	Jokela	Finland Finland	8	1	F A	Pekka-Eric Auvinen, 18	Suicide

24.	Lyamino School	Feb 11	1958	Lyamino	Soviet Union Soviet Union	7	6	F	Michael Tselousov, 24 (Целоусов, Михаил)	Sentenced to death and executed

Burma school massacre	March 26	1975	Kachin	Myanmar Burma	7	5	M	U Win-maung	Killed by police

Zhuping school massacre	April 1	1996	Meitian	China China	7	5	M	Wang Xiangjun	Arrested

Oikos University shooting	April 2	2012	Oakland, CA	United States United States	7	3	F	One Goh, 43	Life imprisonment

25.	Anne Anne Kindergarten stabbing	June 3	1982	Sham Shui Po	Hong Kong Hong Kong	6	37	M	Lee Chi Hang, 28 (李志衡)	Sent to psychiatric hospital

Isla Vista killings	May 23	2014	Isla Vista, CA	United States United States	6	14	FMV	Elliot Rodger, 22	Suicide

Sana'a school shooting	March 30	1997	Sanaa	Yemen Yemen	6	12	F	Mohammed Ahmad Misleh al-Nazari, 48	Death penalty

Durvenitsa school massacre	Dec 24	1974	Durvenitsa	Bulgaria Bulgaria	6	10	F	Donchev, Branimir, 17	Arrested

Massacre in the Leningrad higher military political school of Ministry of Internal Affairs	May 19	1977	Leningrad	Soviet Union Soviet Union	6	2	F	Anatoly Fedorenko (Федоренко, Анатолий)	Sentenced to death and executed

Massacre in the Kamyshin higher military engineer school	March 9	1997	Kamyshin	Russia Russia	6	2	F	Sergei Lepnev, 18 (Лепнев, Сергей)	Life imprisonment

26.	Stockton schoolyard shooting	Jan 17	1989	Stockton, CA	United States United States	5	32	F A	Patrick Purdy, 24	Suicide

March 7	2002	Atzmona	Gaza Strip Gaza Strip	5	23	F E	Mohammed Fathi Farhat, 17 (محمد فتحي فرحات)	Killed by soldiers

Poe Elementary School bombing	Sep 15	1959	Houston, TX	United States United States	5	19	E	Paul Harold Orgeron, 49	Killed by the explosion

Northern Illinois University shooting	Feb 14	2008	DeKalb, IL	United States United States	5	17	F	Steven Kazmierczak, 27	Suicide

Eppstein school shooting	June 3	1983	Eppstein	Germany West Germany	5	14	F	Karel Charva, 34	Suicide

Westside Middle School massacre	March 24	1998	Jonesboro, AR	United States United States	5	10	F	Andrew Golden, 11 Mitchell Johnson, 13	Both imprisoned until their 21st birthday

West Nickel Mines School shooting	Oct 2	2006	Nickel Mines, PA	United States United States	5	5	F	Charles Roberts, 32	Suicide

Huaiji school massacre	Nov 26	2002	Huaiji	China China	5	2	M	Shi Ruoqiu, 30 (施若丘")	Arrested

Mesa school massacre	Nov 12	1966	Mesa, AZ	United States United States	5	2	F	Robert Smith, 18	Life imprisonment

2013 Santa Monica shooting	June 7	2013	Santa Monica, CA	United States United States	5	2	F A	John Zawahri, 23	Killed by police

University of Iowa shooting	Nov 1	1991	Iowa City, IA	United States United States	5	1	F	Gang Lu, 28 (卢刚)	Suicide

San Juan massacre	Oct 10	1977	San Juan	Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago	5	0	M	Arrested

Maradi massacre	Jan 10	1994	Maradi	Niger Niger	5	0	M	Arrested

27.	Thurston High School shooting	May 20/21	1998	Springfield, OR	United States United States	4	25	F	Kipland Kinkel, 15	Life imprisonment

Bremen school shooting	June 20	1913	Bremen	German Empire Germany	4	21	F	Heinz Schmidt, 29	Sent to psychiatric hospital

Linwu school massacre	Sep 30	2004	Linwu	China China	4	12	M	Liu Hongwen, 28 (刘洪文)	Sent to psychiatric hospital

Dendermonde nursery attack	Jan. 16/23	2009	Vrasene and Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde	Belgium Belgium	4	12	M	Kim De Gelder, 20	Life imprisonment

Lindhurst High School shooting	May 1	1992	Olivehurst, CA	United States United States	4	10	F	Eric Houston, 20	Death penalty

La Loche shootings	Jan 24	2016	La Loche, SK	Canada Canada	4	7	F	Charged with first-degree murder

2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings	Dec 9	2007	Arvada and Colorado Springs, CO	United States United States	4	5	F	Matthew Murray, 24	Suicide

Colegio Americano del Noreste shooting	Jan 18	2017	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Mexico México	4	5	F	Suicide

Suixi school massacre	Jan 26	2003	Suixi	China China	4	3	M	Chen Peiquan, 35	Arrested

Illinois school massacre	Sep 23	1988	Chicago, IL	United States United States	4	2	F	Clemmie Henderson, 40	Killed by police

Gongyi school massacre	Sep 14	2011	Gongyi	China China	4	2	M	Wang Hongbin, 30	Arrested

Marysville shooting	Oct 24	2014	Marysville, WA	United States United States	4	3	F	Jaylen Fryberg, 15	Suicide

Concordia University massacre	Aug 24	1992	Montreal, QC	Canada Canada	4	1	F	Life imprisonment

Gulbene school massacre	Feb 22	1999	Gulbene	Latvia Latvia	4	1	M	Alexander Koryakov, 19	Life imprisonment

2001 Isla Vista killings	Feb 24	2001	Isla Vista, CA	United States United States	4	1	V	Sent to psychiatric hospital

Toulouse and Montauban shootings	March 19	2012	Toulouse	France France	4	1	F	Mohammed Merah, 23	Killed by police

Kunming school killings	Feb. 13–15	2004	Kunming	China China	4	0	M	Ma Jiajue, 23 (馬加爵)	Death penalty

28.	Kronan School massacre	Oct 22	2015	Trollhättan	SwedenSweden	3	1	M	Anton Pettersson, 21	Killed by police

Wilno school massacre	May 6	1925	Wilno	Poland Poland	3–6	4–11	F E	Stanisław Ławrynowicz, Janusz Obrąbalski	Both died by suicide

Zibo school massacre	Aug 3	2010	Zibo	China China	3–4	7–20	M	Fang Jiantang, 26 (方建堂)	Death penalty

Pingnan school massacre	Sep 21	2012	Pingnan	China China	3	13	M	Wu Yechang, 25 (吴业昌)	Arrested

Olean High School shooting	Dec 30	1974	Olean, NY	United States United States	3	11	F E	Anthony Barbaro, 17	Suicide

Pearl High School shooting	Oct 1	1997	Pearl, MS	United States United States	3	7	FM	Luke Woodham, 16	Life imprisonment

Vida Nova massacre	Oct 6	1999	Vida Nova, Campinas	Brazil Brazil	3	7	F

Zamboanga school massacre	Oct 22	2010	Zamboanga City	Philippines Philippines	3	6	M	Felin Mateo, 51	Killed by angry mob

Hubei school massacre	Sep 1	2014	Hubei	China China	3	5	M	Chen Yanfu, 43 (陈严富)	Suicide

Heath High School shooting	Dec 1	1997	West Paducah, KY	United States United States	3	5	F	Michael Carneal, 14	Life imprisonment

Carmen de Patagones school shooting	Sep 28	2004	Carmen de Patagones, Buenos Aires Province	Argentina Argentina	3	5	F	Rafael Solich, 15	Arrested

Droysigg massacre	Oct 6	1902	Droysigg	Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary	3	3	F	Killed by angry mob

Appalachian School of Law shooting	Jan. 16	2002	Grundy, VA	United States United States	3	3	F	Peter Odighizuwa, 43	Life imprisonment

Chardon High School shooting	Feb 27	2012	Chardon, OH	United States United States	3	3	F	Thomas Lane, 17	Life imprisonment

Alor Akar massacre	Aug 24	1969	Alor Akar	Malaysia Malaysia	3	2	M	Arrested

Suthat Wannasarn	Aug. 13	1983	Chiang Rai Province	Thailand Thailand	3	2	M	Suthat Wannasarn, 43	Arrested

Frontier Middle School shooting	Feb. 2	1996	Moses Lake, WA	United States United States	3	1	F	Barry Loukaitis, 14	Life imprisonment

Adam Labus	Feb. 19	2002	Freising	Germany Germany	3	1	F E	Adam Labus, 22	Suicide

San Diego State University shooting	Aug. 15	1996	San Diego, CA	United States United States	3	0	F	Frederick Davidson, 36	Life imprisonment

University of Arizona College of Nursing Shooting	Oct. 28	2002	Tucson, AZ	United States United States	3	0	F	Robert Flores Jr., 41	Suicide

HCTC shooting	Jan. 15	2013	Hazard, KY	United States United States	3	0	F	Dalton Stidham, 21	Life imprisonment

29.	Guatemala massacre	Nov 13	1971	Guatemala City	Guatemala Guatemala	2	15	M	Arrested

Jiudian school massacre	Aug 25	1998	Jiudian	China China	2	15	M	Lu Xiaoxi, 25 (吕晓喜)	Death penalty

Marshall County High School shooting	Jan 23	2018	Benton, Kentucky	United States United States	2	14	F	Gabe Parker, 15	Arrested	–

Erlangen school massacre	Dec 21	1972	Erlangen	Germany West Germany	2	13	F A	Robert Kausler, 27	Perished in the fire

Brampton Centennial Secondary School shooting	May 28	1975	Brampton, ON	Canada Canada	2	13	F	Michael Slobodian, 16	Suicide

Santee school massacre	March 5	2001	Santee, CA	United States United States	2	13	F	Charles Williams, 15	Life imprisonment

Los Angeles elementary school killings	Feb 24	1984	Los Angeles, CA	United States United States	2	12	F	Tyrone Mitchell, 28	Suicide

Waikino school shooting	Oct 19	1923	Waikino	New Zealand New Zealand	2	9	F	John Higgins	Life imprisonment

Cleveland Elementary School shooting	Jan 29	1979	San Diego, CA	United States United States	2	9	F	Brenda Spencer, 16	Life imprisonment

Oakland Elementary School shooting	Sep 28	1988	Greenwood, SC	United States United States	2	9	F	James Wilson Jr., 19	Death penalty

St. Pius X High School shooting	Oct 27	1975	Ottawa, ON	Canada Canada	2	5	FM	Robert Poulin, 18	Suicide

USC killings	Oct 6	1979	Columbia, SC	United States United States	2	5	F	Mark Houston, 19	2 – Life imprisonment/no parole

Costa Mesa school massacre	May. 3	1999	Costa Mesa, CA	United States United States	2	5	V	Steven Abrams, 39	Life imprisonment

Monash University shooting	Oct 21	2002	Melbourne, Victoria	Australia Australia	2	5	F	Huan Yun Xiang, 36	Sent to psychiatric hospital

Xichang school massacre	April 13	2010	Xichang	China China	2	5	M	Yang Jiaqin, 40	Arrested

Bard College shooting	Dec. 14	1992	Great Barrington, MA	United States United States	2	4	F	Wayne Lo, 18 (駱 文)	Life imprisonment

Pak Phanang school shooting	June 6	2003	Amphoe Pak Phanang	Thailand Thailand	2	4	F	Anatcha, Boonkwan, 17	Arrested

Maoming school massacre	May 15	2007	Maoming	China China	2	4	M	Wu Jianguo, 17	Arrested

Leizhou school massacre	Feb 25	2008	Leizhou, Guangdong	China China	2	4	M	Chen Wenzhen (陈文真)	Suicide

Mazhan school massacre	March 3	2009	Mazhan	China China	2	4	M	Arrested

Goyases massacre	Oct 20	2017	Goiânia	Brazil Brazil	2	4	F	Arrested

Beach High School shooting	March 10	2000	Savannah, Georgia	United States United States	2	1	F	Life imprisonment

Oficina de Reabilitação do Instituto Nacional de Previdência Social massacre	Dec 20	1977	Curitiba	Brazil Brazil	2	0	F	Mauricio Samways Neto, 25	Arrested

Raumanmeri school shooting	Jan 25	1989	Raumanmeri secondary school, Rauma	Finland Finland	2	0	F	None

East Carter High School shooting	Jan 18	1993	Grayson, Kentucky	United States United States	2	0	F	Life imprisonment

Louisiana Technical College shooting	Feb 8	2008	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	United States United States	2	0	F	Suicide

Aztec High School shooting	Dec 7	2017	Aztec, New Mexico	United States United States	2	0	F	William Atchison, 21	Suicide

30.	Dawson College shooting	Sept 13	2006	Westmount, Quebec	Canada Canada	1	19	F	Kimveer Gill, 27	Suicide

IES Joan Fuster shooting	Apr 20	2015	Barcelona, Catalonia	Spain Spain	1	4	F, M	Max Porta, 13

Sentence(s)

In the 2014 Peshawar school massacre 149 people were killed, making it the world's fourth deadliest school massacre..

final_sentence: In the 2014 Peshawar school massacre 149 people were killed, making it the world's fourth deadliest school massacre..