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This is a list of mass or spree killers in Asia that committed familicides. A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills 3 or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period, not including themself. [1] [2] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others. [3] [4] [5]
The victims must have been largely the relatives of the perpetrator to be considered a familicide.
This list does not include serial killers, members of democidal governments, or major political figures who orchestrated such actions.
Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | State | Killed | Injured | W | Additional Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mohammad Zaman, 30* | Sept. 25 | 2009 | Ghola | Afghanistan | 15–16 |
? |
F | Committed suicide | [6] |
Unknown | Nov. 23 | 1936 | Maropally | British Raj | 14 |
2 |
M | Arrested | [7] |
Warekar, Asnain Anwar, 35 | Feb. 28 | 2016 | Thane | India | 14 |
1 |
M | Committed suicide | |
Mohammed Nawaz, 22 | July 4 | 1996 | Faisalabad | Pakistan | 13 |
0 |
M | Arrested | [8] |
Amar Lajdah | Oct. 12 | 2020 | Al Bayda | Yemen | 12 |
3 |
F | Killed by police | [9] [10] |
Bahram Jeshanpur, 30 | Feb. 17 | 2024 | Kerman | Iran | 12 |
3 |
F | Killed by security forces | [11] [12] |
Saeed al-Qashash, 19 | June 10 | 1998 | Amman | Jordan | 12 |
0 |
F | Sentenced to death and executed | [13] |
Abbas Khan^ | Sept. | 1896 | Jabbar | British Raj | 11 |
2 |
M | Arrested | [14] |
Jalal Osman Khoja, 40* (جلال عثمان خوجة) |
Dec. 26 | 2000 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 11 |
0 |
F | Committed suicide | [15] |
Abdul Emir Khalaf Sabhan* | Aug. 26 | 2003 | Baghdad | Iraq | 11 |
0 |
F | Committed suicide | [16] |
Unknown, 26 | Dec. 22 | 2016 | Jhanabad | Iran | 10 |
5 |
F | Arrested | [17] |
Jamaluddin, 45* (जमालुद्दीन) |
Jan. 4 | 2017 | Pashim Mahona | India | 10 |
2–4 |
MP | Committed suicide | [18] |
Gurmit Singh, 40* | March 24 | 2000 | Budhanwala | India | 10 |
0 |
P | Committed suicide | [19] |
Shanmukh Rai* | April 23/24 | 2002 | Bhagha | India | 10 |
0 |
M | Arrested | [20] |
Zafar Iqbal* | April 15 | 2009 | Jhulki-Satrah | Pakistan | 10 |
0 |
M | Arrested Terminated a pregnancy |
[21] |
Unknown* | Sept. | 2009 | Aden | Yemen | 10 |
0 |
A | Committed suicide | [22] |
Unknown* | Feb. | 1980 | Aurangabad | India | 9 |
6 |
P | Arrested | [23] |
Dipendra of Nepal, 29* | June 1 | 2001 | Kathmandu | Nepal | 9 |
5 |
F | Committed suicide | |
Taş, Yusuf, 25* | Feb. 4 | 2016 | Gaziantep | Turkey | 9 |
2 |
F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [24] |
Nasir Abbas | Aug. 20 | 2009 | Faisalabad | Pakistan | 9 |
0 |
F | Sentenced to death | [25] |
Mohamed Jamil Ahmed, 41* | Aug. 18 | 1955 | Sandila | India | 8 |
1 |
F | Committed suicide | [26] |
Chen Yanxiang, 31 (陳彥翔) |
June 15 | 2022 | Hsinchu | Taiwan | 8 |
1 |
A | Sentenced to death | |
Ghulam Mohammad* | July 6 | 2001 | Gujar Khan | Pakistan | 8 |
0 |
F P | Sentenced to death | [27] |
Khalid Ali* | Aug. 16 | 2001 | Pakistan | 8 |
0 |
F O | [28] | ||
Yüksel, Murat, 38* | June 2 | 2009 | Adana | Turkey | 8 |
0 |
F | Arrested | [29] |
Mohammad Afzal, 19* | Oct. 22 | 2011 | Kalarabad | Pakistan | 8 |
0 |
F P | Arrested | [30] |
Faiz Karbalawi, 50 (فائز کربلاوی) |
April 7 | 2021 | Ahvaz & Karun | Iran | 8 |
0 |
F | Committed suicide | [31] |
Unknown | 1934 | Lahore | British Raj | 8 |
? |
Arrested | [32] | ||
Mahomed Barkat* | 1937 | Lahore | British Raj | 8 |
? |
M | [33] | ||
Ohashi, Kazuo, 26 (大橋一雄) |
Jan. 27 | 1946 | Wakayama | Empire of Japan | 8 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to death Later changed to life imprisonment |
[34] |
Mizuki, Tetsuo., 24 (水木鉄雄) |
Dec. 12 | 1953 | Niina | Japan | 8 |
0 |
F A | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [35] |
Taşçı, Ömer, 48* | Sept. 9 | 2007 | Karaadilli | Turkey | 8 |
? |
F | Sentenced to 80 years in prison | [36] |
Unknown | Aug. | 1993 | Thanh Hoa province | Vietnam | 7 |
5 |
E | [37] | |
Muhammad Azam | Dec. 10/11 | 2004 | Jaranwala | Pakistan | 7 |
5 |
MP | Arrested | [38] |
Ikeda, Kazumichi, 44 (池田一通) |
Jan. 31 | 1980 | Nigishimacho | Japan | 7 |
3 |
FM | Committed suicide | [39] |
Unknown | Feb. | 1950 | Japan | 7 |
2 |
P | Committed suicide | [40] | |
Huseynov, Rafig Muzaffar, 36 | Oct. 1 | 2014 | Goranboy | Azerbaijan | 7 |
2 |
F E | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [41] |
Unknown° | Nov. 8 | 1933 | Lahore | British Raj | 7 |
1 |
F | Arrested | [42] |
Fujishiro, Yasutaka, 47* (藤城康孝) |
Aug. 2 | 2004 | Kakogawa | Japan | 7 |
1 |
MA | Sentenced to death and executed | [43] |
Ram Kishan Patel, 45* | March 12 | 2006 | Datehli | India | 7 |
1 |
P | Committed suicide | [44] |
Chen Pu-chuan | Sept. 12 | 1924 | Taichow [45] | Republic of China (ROC) | 7 |
0 |
[46] | ||
Yoshikawa, Ryuichi, 27* | March | 1938 | Empire of Japan | 7 |
0 |
M | [47] | ||
Kudo, Yonekichi, 60* | Oct. 12 | 1948 | Tokyo | Japan | 7 |
0 |
MA | Committed suicide | [48] |
Unknown, 17* | July | 1953 | Acıpayam | Turkey | 7 |
0 |
M | Arrested | [49] |
Unknown* | Dec. | 1988 | Sri Lanka | 7 |
0 |
P | Committed suicide | [50] | |
Mohammed Nawaz* | Sept. 21 | 2002 | Islamabad | Pakistan | 7 |
0 |
F P | Sentenced to death Terminated a pregnancy |
[51] |
Shahzado Behan, 30* | July 27 | 2003 | Paryo Bahan | Pakistan | 7 |
0 |
F | Arrested | [52] |
Danışmaz, Hasan, 38* | Jan. 7 | 2008 | Sürmene | Turkey | 7 |
0 |
F | Sentenced to life imprisonment Killed a truck driver in Dec. 2001 |
[53] |
Sunil Kumar Sen, 34 | Oct. 12 | 2009 | Sainik Society | India | 7 |
0 |
M | Arrested | [54] |
Saleh Mohammed, 42–43* (صالح محمد) |
Oct. 22 | 2009 | الهلوم | Iraq | 7 |
0 |
F | Attempted suicide | [55] |
Uttar Meher, 42* | April 15 | 2011 | Katarabeda | India | 7 |
0 |
MO | [56] | |
Ihsanullah* | Feb. 12 | 2015 | Qalat | Afghanistan | 7 |
0 |
F | Shot dead | [57] |
Shravan Kanat, 36* | Oct. 10/11 | 2015 | Moti Kosladi | India | 7 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [58] |
Unknown man, 18 | March 4 | 1957 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa | Japan | 7 |
0 |
Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [59] | |
Ariyama, Masao, 24 (有山政男) |
July 22 | 1959 | Iwatsuki | Japan | 7 |
0 |
A | Sentenced to death | [60] |
Unknown* | Feb. | 2001 | Thailand | 7 |
? |
F | Committed suicide | [61] | |
Natti Sankara Rao, 48* | Nov. 30/Dec. 1 | 2010 | Mettapeta | India | 7 |
? |
MO | Arrested | [62] |
Weng Renxian, 50 (翁仁賢) |
Feb. 7 | 2016 | Taoyuan, Taiwan | Taiwan | 6 |
5 |
A | Sentenced to death and executed | |
Riaz Ahmad* | Jan. 8 | 2001 | Mandi Bahauddin | Pakistan | 6 |
2 |
M | Arrested | [63] |
Ghulam Mustafa, 25 | April 6 | 2005 | Marzeka & Langwalato | Pakistan | 6 |
2 |
F | Arrested | [64] |
Namiki, Kisaburo* | April | 1948 | Japan | 6 |
1 |
M | Committed suicide | [65] | |
Ohba, Shinshe, 32* | Feb. 1 | 1970 | Shimabara | Japan | 6 |
1 |
F A | Committed suicide | [66] |
Ram Prasad Karna, 27* | April 4 | 1977 | Nepal | 6 |
1 |
MP | Terminated a pregnancy | [67] | |
Biresh Poddar, 40 | Dec. 16/17 | 2000 | Maniktala | India | 6 |
1 |
MP | Arrested | [68] |
Mohammad Ali, 20* | June 24/25 | 2014 | Amangarh | Pakistan | 6 |
1 |
F | Arrested | [69] |
Noor Din Khan | Aug. 27 | 2019 | Sargodha | Pakistan | 6 |
1 |
FMA | Committed suicide | [70] |
Pan Chih-lin* | 1887 | Chiang-tu | Qing dynasty | 6 |
0 |
MA | Arrested | [71] | |
Nakagawa, Manjiro (中川萬次郎) |
Aug. | 1905 | Osaka | Empire of Japan | 6 |
0 |
M | Arrested | [72] |
Unknown* | Dec. 8 | 1928 | Delbhog | British Raj | 6 |
0 |
MA | Arrested Also killed a cow and a goat |
[73] |
Unknown* | April | 1933 | Viluppuram | British Raj | 6 |
0 |
Committed suicide | [74] | |
Unknown Police Officer* | Dec. 17 | 1949 | Rangoon | Burma | 6 |
0 |
F | Committed suicide | [75] |
Po Aung, 40* | March | 1965 | Mergui | Burma | 6 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [76] |
Unknown* | Oct. | 1974 | Balitai | Bangladesh | 6 |
0 |
P | Committed suicide | [77] |
Dilber, Halil, 40* | Aug. 9 | 1986 | Killar | Turkey | 6 |
0 |
FM | Committed suicide | [78] |
Bheru Singh* | June 3 | 1988 | Dablana | India | 6 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to death | [79] |
Shaikh Ayub* | Feb. 5/6 | 1995 | India | 6 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to death Later commuted to life imprisonment |
[80] | |
Aydın, Muammer, 26* | Dec. 2 | 1995 | Evci | Turkey | 6 |
0 |
FM | Committed suicide while awaiting trial | [81] |
Dhaneswar Ratia* | Jan. 13 | 2000 | Tezpur | India | 6 |
0 |
MA | Arrested | [82] |
Saroj Bala, 35* | April 10 | 2002 | Hapur | India | 6 |
0 |
P | Committed suicide | [83] |
Jafar Ali, 35* | July 17 | 2002 | Etawah | India | 6 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to death | [84] |
Shibendu Saha* | July 18 | 2004 | Calcutta | India | 6 |
0 |
MP | Committed suicide | [85] |
Jagdiah* | Aug. 19/20 | 2005 | Madhya Pradesh | India | 6 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to death | [86] |
Iftikhar Khan* | Feb. 23 | 2007 | Guli Bagh | Pakistan | 6 |
0 |
[87] | ||
I. N., 35 | May 29 | 2008 | Abu Alanda | Jordan | 6 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to death | [88] |
Abdul Hafeez Bhatti* | Sept. 15 | 2008 | Pakistan | 6 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to death | [89] | |
Unknown, 17* | May 7 | 2010 | Essaouira | Iraq | 6 |
0 |
F | Arrested | [90] |
Sivaguru, 48* | Aug. 12 | 2010 | Dasanaickanpatti | India | 6 |
0 |
MO | Arrested | [91] |
Arif Mubashir, 40* | July 26 | 2011 | Tandlianwala | Pakistan | 6 |
0 |
F | Arrested | [92] |
Dhal Singh Devangan, 36* | Feb. 19 | 2012 | Mohdipat | India | 6 |
0 |
M | Sentenced to death | [93] |
Momin Khan* | Jan. 23 | 2014 | Pilkhana | India | 6 |
0 |
M | Arrested | [94] |
Komatsu, Hirobumi, 32* (小松博文) |
Oct. 6 | 2017 | Hitachi, Ibaraki | Japan | 6 |
0 |
MA | Sentenced to death | |
Iihoshi, Masahiro, 42 (飯干昌大) |
Nov. 26 | 2018 | Takachiho, Miyazaki | Japan | 6 |
0 |
M | Committed suicide | [95] |
Budhe Singh* | July 10 | 1931 | Siuli Patti Kauria | British Raj | 6 |
? |
M | Arrested | [96] |
Rachid Saad Kamaleddine, 34* | Feb. | 1961 | Baghdad | Iraq | 6 |
? |
Arrested | [97] |
Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Province | Killed | Injured | W | Additional Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ou Yangpu
(欧阳普) |
Jan. 1 | 1976 | Zixing | Hunan | 17
|
0
|
M | Committed suicide | [98] |
Liu Aibing, 34*
(刘爱兵) |
Dec. 12 | 2009 | Yinshanpai | Hunan | 13
|
1
|
FMA | Sentenced to death and executed | [99] |
Jia Yingmin, 40
(賈英民) |
Oct. 6 | 2000 | Kunlong | Shaanxi | 12
|
0
|
M | Committed suicide | [100] |
Wang Changyi, 30
(王昌义) |
Aug. 1 | 2006 | Mengzi County | Yunnan | 10
|
1
|
M | Committed suicide,
Also killed a pig, a dog and a cat |
[101] |
Chai Gongmin, 21
(柴公敏) |
Feb. 12 | 2008 | Baoding | Hebei | 10
|
0
|
M | Sentenced to death | [102] |
Gao Xueqing, 25* | Feb. | 1985 | Henan | Henan | 9
|
?
|
MA | Arrested | [103] |
He Xiangyue*
(何祥月) |
March 20 | 2005 | Yibin | Sichuan | 9
|
?
|
M | Sentenced to death and executed | [104] |
Xu, ---, 34 | Sept. 15 | 1998 | Magui | Guangdong | 7
|
5
|
M | Arrested | [105] |
Feng Zhongyou, 25
(冯忠友) |
Nov. 16 | 2004 | Bohuo | Yunnan | 7
|
1
|
M | Committed suicide | [106] |
Zhu Caifa, 37*
(祝才发) |
Feb. 3 | 2010 | Ximenkan | Guizhou | 7
|
0
|
M | Arrested | [107] |
Ma Yongdong, 24*
(麻永东) |
Oct. 14 | 2013 | Wenghoug | Ningxia | 7
|
0
|
M | Arrested
Terminated a pregnancy |
[108] |
Jia,---
(贾某某) |
Nov. 22 | 2013 | Huaiyang | Henan | 7
|
0
|
M | Arrested | [109] |
Wu Shouguo, 38*
(武守国) |
Feb. 14 | 2015 | Xiaonangou | Hebei | 7
|
0
|
M | Committed suicide | [110] |
Chen Qian, 29
(陈谦) |
Dec. 27/28 | 2009 | Qinghe County | Hebei | 6
|
5
|
FM | Committed suicide | [111] |
Song Shuangxi | July | 1986 | Hubei | Hubei | 6
|
3
|
M | Committed suicide | [112] |
Wen Tieshuan, 49*
(温铁栓) |
Nov. 26 | 2009 | Qingshuihe County | Inner Mongolia | 6
|
1
|
M | Committed suicide | [113] |
Ma Yanshan, 36*
(马燕山) |
May 2 | 2002 | Ürümqi | Xinjiang | 6
|
0
|
M | Sentenced to death | [114] |
Huang Wenyi, 34
(黄文义) |
Dec. 28 | 2006 | Foshan | Guangdong | 6
|
0
|
M | Sentenced to death | [115] |
Dong Gang, 29*
(董刚) |
Feb. 24 | 2007 | Helong | Jilin | 6
|
0
|
M | Sentenced to death | [116] |
Chen Wenfa, 21*
(陈文法) |
Nov. 16 | 2009 | Wumeng | Yunnan | 6
|
0
|
M | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [117] |
Li Lei, 28*
(李磊) |
Nov. 23 | 2009 | Beijing | Beijing | 6
|
0
|
M | Sentenced to death | [118] |
Zhang Erhong, 32*
(张二红) |
Feb. 9 | 2010 | Manshan | Hebei | 6
|
0
|
M | Arrested | [119] |
Jiang Shunmao | March 23 | 1981 | Gongcheng | Guangxi | 6
|
?
|
E | Committed suicide | [120] |
Li Bingzhang
(李炳章) |
March 8 | 2003 | Beiliu City | Guangxi | 6
|
?
|
Sentenced to death | [121] |
* – Marks cases where all the victims were relatives of the perpetrator
W – A basic description of the weapons used in the murders