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[[Mass murder]] is the act of murdering a number of people, typically simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time and in close geographic proximity.
[[Mass murder]] is the act of murdering a number of people, typically simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time and in close geographic proximity.


*[[2012 Seattle cafe shooting spree]]
*[[2012 Seattle café shootings]]
*[[Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr.]] (Ku Klux Klan member)
*[[Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr.]] (Ku Klux Klan member)
*[[Priscilla Ford]]
*[[Priscilla Ford]]
*[[Marlon Jones]]
*[[Marlon Jones]]
*[[Kharkiv beheadings]]
*[[Trofimov Beheadings]]
*[[Malmö school stabbing]]
*[[Malmö school stabbing]]
*[[Moner Mohammad Abu Salha]]
*[[Moner Mohammad Abu Salha]]
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*[[Barry Mills (Aryan Brotherhood)]] (also gang member)
*[[Barry Mills (Aryan Brotherhood)]] (also gang member)
*[[Leroy Nash]]
*[[Leroy Nash]]
*[[William Nesbit (Jewel Thief)]]
*[[William Nesbit (thief)]]
*[[Curtis Osborne]]
*[[Curtis Osborne]]
*[[Harold Lamont Otey]]
*[[Harold Lamont Otey]]
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*[[Fred Rochelle]]
*[[Fred Rochelle]]
*[[Robert Lewis (lynching victim)]]
*[[Robert Lewis (lynching victim)]]
*[[Matthew Williams (laborer)]]
*[[Lynching of Matthew Williams]]
*[[Perry massacre]]
*[[Perry massacre]]
*[[1866 Gallatin County race riot]]
*[[1866 Gallatin County race riot]]
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*[[Henry Debosnys]]
*[[Henry Debosnys]]
*[[Wattie Holm]]
*[[Wattie Holm]]
*[[J.J. Paulsen]]
*[[J. J. Paulsen]]
*[[Ken Ramos]]
*[[Ken Ramos]]
*[[Nikolay Soltys]] (also parricide, familicide, filicide)
*[[Nikolay Soltys]] (also parricide, familicide, filicide)
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===Other crimes===
===Other crimes===
*[[Kendall Carroll]] (officer involved shooting)
*[[Mad Hatter (bank robber)]]
*[[Mad Hatter (bank robber)]]
*[[Candice Rose Martinez]] (robbery)
*[[Candice Rose Martinez]] (robbery)

Latest revision as of 16:39, 18 October 2024

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Serial killer

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A serial killer is typically defined as a person who murders three or more people, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant break (a "cooling off period") between them.

Mass murder

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Mass murder is the act of murdering a number of people, typically simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time and in close geographic proximity.

Assassination

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Assassination is the murder of a prominent person, often an elected official, military, celebrity, journalist or activist, when executed by a third party or assassin, usually for political reasons or payment.

Murder

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A murder is the deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another.

Lynching

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Lynching is the murder of a person by an informal group (mob) action without due process of law. It is not limited to deaths by hanging.

Filicide

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Filicide is the deliberate act of a parent killing their own child.

Mariticide

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Mariticide is the murder of a husband by his wife.

Parricide

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Parricide is the act of killing one's parents or another close relative.

Uxoricide

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Uxoricide is the act of murdering one's wife.

Victims

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Organized crime

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Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals who intend to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for money and profit.

Fraud

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In law, fraud is deliberate deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right.

Other crimes

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Unverified

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Misc.

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