
Martin Bryant – Port Arthur, Tasmania
Martin Bryant was the gunman responsible for the Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania on 28 April 1996, a mass shooting that killed 35 people and wounded dozens more. The attack and its aftermath reshaped Australian firearms policy and public debate about mental health. Key Facts The Port Arthur massacre on

Toi Mutsuo – Kaio, Okayama, Japan
Toi Mutsuo was a young Japanese man who carried out a mass killing in May 1938 in a village near Okayama, taking the lives of thirty people before killing himself. The attack, carried out in the early hours of May 21, 1938, was one of the deadliest single-perpetrator massacres in

Baruch Goldstein – Hebron
Baruch Goldstein was an American-born Israeli settler and physician who carried out the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in Hebron on February 25, 1994. He is known for killing scores of Palestinian worshippers inside the Ibrahimi Mosque complex during a morning prayer service. Key Facts Twenty-nine Palestinian worshippers were killed

George Hennard – Bell County, Texas
George Hennard was the perpetrator of the 1991 Luby’s Cafeteria massacre in Killeen, Texas, a mass shooting that occurred on October 16, 1991. The attack resulted in multiple deaths and injuries before Hennard died at the scene. Key Facts Hennard killed 23 people during the Luby’s Cafeteria attack. He had

James Eagan Holmes – Aurora, Colorado
James Eagan Holmes was the gunman responsible for the mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. The attack occurred during a midnight screening on July 20, 2012, and left multiple people dead and many more injured. Key Facts On July 20, 2012, Holmes killed 12 people and wounded

James Edward Pough – Jacksonville, Florida
James Edward “Pop” Pough (February 16, 1948 – June 18, 1990) was an American spree killer responsible for a multi-site rampage in Jacksonville, Florida, over June 17–18, 1990. He is most widely known for a mass shooting at a General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) office that left nine employees dead