WebMass 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. The United States Congress defines mass killings as the killings of three or more people during an event with no "cooling-off period" between the homicides. A mass murder typically occurs in a …

WebA weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or any other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to numerous individuals or cause great damage to artificial structures (e.g., buildings), natural structures (e.g., mountains), or the biosphere.The scope and usage of the term has evolved and been disputed, often …

WebA mass grave is a grave containing multiple human corpses, which may or may not be identified prior to burial. The United Nations has defined a criminal mass grave as a burial site containing three or more victims of execution, although an exact definition is not unanimously agreed upon. Mass graves are usually created after many people die or are …

WebThe Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66, also known as the Indonesian genocide,: 4 Indonesian Communist Purge, or Indonesian politicide (Indonesian: Pembunuhan Massal Indonesia & Pembersihan G.30.S/PKI), were large-scale killings and civil unrest primarily targeting members of the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI). Other affected groups …

WebThe mass kidnapping has caused continued international protests and social unrest, leading to the resignation of Guerrero Governor Ángel Aguirre Rivero in the face of statewide protests on October 23, 2014. ... Both fled after the incident, were arrested about a month later in Mexico City for the murder of activist Arturo Hernández Cardona. Iguala's police …

WebThe Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred on December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, United States, when 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 26 people.Twenty of the victims were children between six and seven years old, and the other six were adult staff members. Earlier that day, before driving to the school, Lanza shot …

WebThe rule of felony murder is a legal doctrine in some common law jurisdictions that broadens the crime of murder: when someone is killed (regardless of intent to kill) in the commission of a dangerous or enumerated crime (called a felony in some jurisdictions), the offender, and also the offender's accomplices or co-conspirators, may be found guilty of …

WebThe theory that all of the members died in a mass suicide was changed to mass murder when decomposing bodies were discovered in pits with signs of strangulation, while others had stab wounds. The group had diverged from the Roman Catholic Church in order to emphasize apocalypticism and alleged Marian apparitions. The group had been called …

WebMass shooting Murder-suicide Mass murder Domestic terrorism Hate crime: Weapons: 9mm Springfield XD(M) semi-automatic pistol: Deaths: 8 (including the perpetrator and a victim who died in 2020) Injured: 3: Perpetrator: Wade Michael Page: Motive: White supremacy

WebGrand Rapids mass murder: A man killed seven people and wounded two in a spree shooting in two homes, then took hostages in a third before committing suicide. January 8, 2011 Tucson, Arizona: 6 15: 21: Safeway Shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona (2011): A man killed six people and injured fifteen during an assassination attempt of U.S. …