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On Tuesday, 5 April 1994, Flemming Nielsen of [[Silkeborg]] (age 35) shot four people, two of them fatally, at [[Aarhus University]] in [[Denmark]]. Nielsen had been a student at the university since 1986. He opened fire with a [[sawed-off shotgun]] in a university cafeteria where he killed his first victim, 24-year-old Birgit Bohn Wolfsen. The remaining students in the room managed to escape. Nielsen proceeded into another cafeteria and opened fire again, killing his second victim, 27-year-old Randi Thode Kristensen. Another two people were wounded but survived.<ref name="Drabssager - 1994">[http://www.bredalsparken.dk/~drabssageridanmark/html/drabssager_-_1994.html Drabssager - 1994] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804051413/http://www.bredalsparken.dk/~drabssageridanmark/html/drabssager_-_1994.html |date=4 August 2008}} (Danish)</ref> |
On Tuesday, 5 April 1994, Flemming Nielsen of [[Silkeborg]] (age 35) shot four people, all of them female students, two of them fatally, at [[Aarhus University]] in [[Denmark]]. Nielsen had been a student at the university since 1986. He opened fire with a [[sawed-off shotgun]] in a university cafeteria where he killed his first victim, 24-year-old Birgit Bohn Wolfsen. The remaining students in the room managed to escape. Nielsen proceeded into another cafeteria and opened fire again, killing his second victim, 27-year-old Randi Thode Kristensen. Another two people were wounded but survived.<ref name="Drabssager - 1994">[http://www.bredalsparken.dk/~drabssageridanmark/html/drabssager_-_1994.html Drabssager - 1994] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804051413/http://www.bredalsparken.dk/~drabssageridanmark/html/drabssager_-_1994.html |date=4 August 2008}} (Danish)</ref> |
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Flemming Nielsen then retreated to a basement bathroom stall where he shot himself to death. The autopsy revealed that he had taken [[Fontex]] before the incident, and police found a suicide note at his home, stating how he couldn't handle life anymore, and that he wanted to kill some people before ending his own life.<ref name="Drabssager - 1994"/><ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/16/america/NA-GEN-US-University-Shooting-Glance.php Fatal shootings at universities worldwide in recent years ''International Herald Tribune''] (16 April 2007)</ref><ref>[http://www.fyens.dk/article/797443:Kronik--Afvigerne-iblandt-os Afvigerne iblandt os, ''Fyens Stiftstidende''] (10 May 2007)</ref> |
Flemming Nielsen then retreated to a basement bathroom stall where he shot himself to death. The autopsy revealed that he had taken [[Fontex]] before the incident, and police found a suicide note at his home, stating how he couldn't handle life anymore, and that he wanted to kill some people before ending his own life.<ref name="Drabssager - 1994"/><ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/16/america/NA-GEN-US-University-Shooting-Glance.php Fatal shootings at universities worldwide in recent years ''International Herald Tribune''] (16 April 2007)</ref><ref>[http://www.fyens.dk/article/797443:Kronik--Afvigerne-iblandt-os Afvigerne iblandt os, ''Fyens Stiftstidende''] (10 May 2007)</ref> |
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| Aarhus University Shooting | |
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| Location | Aarhus, Jutland, Denmark |
| Date | 5 April 1994 |
Attack type | School shooting, murder-suicide |
| Weapons | sawed-off shotgun |
| Deaths | 3 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 2 |
| Perpetrator | Flemming Nielsen |
| Motive | Depression (possibly) |
On Tuesday, 5 April 1994, Flemming Nielsen of Silkeborg (age 35) shot four people, all of them female students, two of them fatally, at Aarhus University in Denmark. Nielsen had been a student at the university since 1986. He opened fire with a sawed-off shotgun in a university cafeteria where he killed his first victim, 24-year-old Birgit Bohn Wolfsen. The remaining students in the room managed to escape. Nielsen proceeded into another cafeteria and opened fire again, killing his second victim, 27-year-old Randi Thode Kristensen. Another two people were wounded but survived.[1]
Flemming Nielsen then retreated to a basement bathroom stall where he shot himself to death. The autopsy revealed that he had taken Fontex before the incident, and police found a suicide note at his home, stating how he couldn't handle life anymore, and that he wanted to kill some people before ending his own life.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ a b Drabssager - 1994 Archived 4 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Danish)
- ^ Fatal shootings at universities worldwide in recent years International Herald Tribune (16 April 2007)
- ^ Afvigerne iblandt os, Fyens Stiftstidende (10 May 2007)