List of mass shootings by death toll

A mass shooting is a violent crime in which one or more attackers use a firearm to kill or injure multiple individuals in rapid succession. There is no widely accepted specific definition, and different organizations tracking such incidents use different criteria. Mass shootings are generally characterized by the targeting (often indiscriminate) of victims in a non-combat setting, and thus the term generally excludes gang violence, shootouts and warfare. Mass shootings may be done for personal or psychological reasons, such as by individuals who are deeply disgruntled, seeking notoriety, or are intensely angry at a perceived grievance; though they have also been used as a terrorist tactic, such as when members of an ethnic or religious minority are targeted. The perpetrator of an ongoing mass shooting may be referred to as an active shooter.

List

Year Incident Location Deaths Ref
2014 2014 Peshawar school massacre Peshawar, Pakistan 150 [1]
2015 Garissa University College attack Garissa, Kenya 148 [2]
2015 November 2015 Paris attacks Paris and Saint-Denis, France 129 (gunfire) + 1 (bomb) [3]
2011 2011 Norway attacks Oslo, Norway 69 (gunfire) + 8 (bomb) [4]
2013 Westgate shopping mall attack Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya 66 (gunfire) + 1 (friendly fire) [5]
2017 2017 Las Vegas shooting Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 60 [6]
1997 Luxor massacre Luxor, Egypt ~60 [7]
1982 Woo Bum-kon incident Uiryeong County, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea 56 [8]
2019 Christchurch mosque shootings Christchurch, New Zealand 51 [9]
2016 Pulse nightclub shooting Orlando, Florida, United States 49 [10]
2015 2015 Sousse attacks Riu Imperial Marhaba and Soviva, Port El Kantaoui, Sousse, Tunisia 38 [11]
1996 Port Arthur massacre Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia 35 [12]
1999 Mikenskaya shooting Mikenskaya, Ichkeria, Russia 34 [13]
2007 Virginia Tech shooting Blacksburg, Virginia, United States 32 [14]
2020 6 March 2020 Kabul shooting Kabul, Afghanistan 32+ [15]
2017 2017 Minya bus attack Minya, Egypt 28-33 [16]

See also

References

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