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A spree killer is someone who embarks on a murderous rampage. This is a slightly ambiguous term, with similarities to mass murderer and serial killer. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics defines a spree killing as "killings at two or more locations with almost no time break between murders." Serial killers are different in that they have cooling off periods between attacks, while mass murderers typically stick to one location. The worst spree killing was committed by Woo Bum-Kon (1982) when he killed 57 and then himself, using grenades and a high powered rifle. After that, the second and third deadliest examples would be Martin Bryant (Port Arthur massacre, 1996), using two semi-automatic weapons, a CAR-15 and an L1A1 SLR, that accounted for 35 deaths; and Mutsuo Toi (Tsuyama massacre, 1938) using an old Japanese rifle and swords, resulting in 30 casualties. One form of spree killing that garners particularly large amounts of media attention are those that occur in school killings, such as the Dunblane massacre in 1996, the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, the Erfurt massacre in 2002, or the Red Lake High School massacre in 2005.
Spree killers Notable spree killers include: In many countries the actions of spree killers have been catalysts for change in gun policy. This has been primarily through additional laws restricting gun ownership for private citizens. See also Further reading | ||||||||
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