List of rampage killers in Africa

This is a list of mass or spree killers in Africa. A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills three or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period, not including themselves.^[1][2] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others.^[3][4][5]

This list does not include serial killers, members of democidal governments, or major political figures who orchestrated such actions.

Rampage killers

Perpetrator	Date	Year	Location	Country	Killed	Injured	W	Additional Notes	Ref.
Unek, William, 27[n 1][n 2]	--- Feb. 11	1954 1957	Mahagi Malampaka	Belgian Congo Tanganyika	21 36	? 30	M FMA	Killed by police
Khayati, Younes, 32	Aug. 21	1994	Douar Izounine	Morocco	43	0	V	Died in the crash. No survivors
dos Santos Fernandes, Herminio, 49	Nov. 29	2013	Bwabwata National Park	Namibia	32	0	V	Died in the crash. No survivors
Komakech, Richard[n 1]	June 26	1994	Kampala	Uganda	26	13	F	Killed by one of his victim's father
Unknown Police Officer[n 1]	April 15	1983	Asureti	Uganda	21	?	F	Committed suicide	[6]
Unknown	Aug.	1993	Kilifi	Kenya	18	25	V	Arrested	[7]
Seven people	Sept. 28	2024	Eastern Cape	South Africa	18	5	F	Arrested	[8]
Rifai, Omar Abdul Razeq Abdullah, 28[n 2]	Aug. 21	2013	Meet Al Attar	Egypt	15	?	F	Killed by villagers Killed 23 people over the past five years
Unknown Soldier[n 1]	Nov. 6	1995	Nshili	Rwanda	14–17	19	FM	Committed suicide	[9]
Dhendonga, Longo[n 1]	July 30	2020	Sange	Democratic Republic of the Congo	14	10	F	Sentenced to death	[10]
Opetu, Babby Ndombe[n 1][n 2]	July 22	2023	Nyakova	Democratic Republic of the Congo	14	0	F	Sentenced to death	[11]
Ogwang, Alfred, 28[n 1]	Dec. 26	1994	Kamwenge	Uganda	13	14	F	Convicted
Unknown	Nov. 5	2016	Juba	South Sudan	13	10	F	Unsolved	[12]
Nasha, Fekadu[n 1]	May 12	2013	Bahir Dar	Ethiopia	12–18	2	F	Died	[13]
Mogo[n 2]	May 12	1929	Kitale	Kenya	12	1	M	Sentenced to death and executed	[14]
Obwara, Lazaro, 55	July 28	1950	Kampala	Uganda	12	0	M	Arrested
Ben Jebir, 28[n 2]	March 25	1985	Fahs	Tunisia	12	?	F	Committed suicide Terminated a pregnancy	[15]
Vukwana, Bulelani, 29	Feb. 9	2002	East London	South Africa	11	6	F	Committed suicide
Amanyire, Chris[n 1]	04.11 April 11	2014	Karugutu	Uganda	10	25	F	Committed suicide	[16]
Odoch, Patrick Okot[n 1]	March 9	2013	Pakele & Gogonya	Uganda	10	3	F	Sentenced to 90 years in prison
Karanja, Peter[n 1]	Nov. 6	2010	Siakago	Kenya	10	0	F	Arrested	[17]
Delport, Carel Johannes, 36[n 2]	Jan. 20	1992	Ladysmith	South Africa	9	19	F A	Sentenced to 39 years in prison Had killed two people previously	[18]
Unknown	Feb. 4	1974	Calabar	Nigeria	9	7	M		[19]
Unknown	Jan. 14	2001	Brazzaville	Republic of the Congo	9	2	F	Committed suicide	[20]
Muhamali[n 2]		1924		Tanganyika	9	0		Committed suicide	[21]
Unknown	Jan. 21	1961	Sunyani	Ghana	9	?	M	Arrested	[22]
Ugwu, Onyekachi[n 2]	10.13 Oct. 13	2015	Ngelefi	Nigeria	9	?	MA	At large Killed several animals	[23] Loc: Houses; Occ: ---; W: Machete, Arson; Rel: Father
Kalanga			Bukoba District	Tanganyika	9	?		Committed suicide	[24]
Ogunbiyi, Sunkanmi[n 1][n 2]	03.27 March 27	2014	Eleweran	Nigeria	8–9	1	F	Committed suicide	[25]
Swart, Stephanus Andries Johannes, 37[n 2]	May 6	1927	Charlestown	South Africa	8–9	3	F	Committed suicide	[26]
Unknown	April 27	1912	Steamboat Africa	Atlantic Ocean, off Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe	8	23	M	Killed	[27]
Unknown Soldier, 18[n 1]	March 27	1981	Omashaka	Namibia	8	12	F	Arrested	[28]
Unknown	08.23 Aug. 23	1974	El Motamadia	Egypt	8	6	F		[29]
Katwesigye, Moses Katoko[n 2]	04.21 April 21	2016	Kiruruma	Uganda	8	3	F	Sentenced to 90 years in prison	[30]
Unknown Soldier[n 1]	02.03 Feb. 3/4	1933	Lomé	Togo	8	2	F	Killed by soldiers	[31]
Mateane, Chippa, 42[n 1][n 2]	April 3	2006	Gauteng	South Africa	8	2	F	Killed by police Terminated a pregnancy Bystander run over and killed by police	[32]
Nabénéza, Germain, 35[n 2]	Nov. 13	1994	La Grande Montée	Réunion	8	1	FM	Committed suicide	[33]
Beukes, Sylvester, 22 Beukes, Gavin, 25	March 4/5	2005	Kareeboomvloer	Namibia	8	0	F A	Both arrested Terminated a pregnancy	[34]
Unknown	Sept.	1929	Masindi	Uganda	8	?		Arrested	[35]
Kiti		1940	Rumuruti district	Kenya	8	?	MA	Sentenced to prison	[36]
Brotto, Soera	Sept. 25/26	1786	Cape Town	Cape Colony	7	10	M	Sentenced to death and executed	[37]
Unknown	March 3	1998	Al-Minya	Egypt	7	9	F		[38]
Unknown	May 27	1957	Fort Hall District	Kenya	7	6	M	Arrested	[39]
Mucunguzi, Nicholas[n 1]	May 2	2009	Kampala	Uganda	7	6	F	Committed suicide or killed	[40]
Kheshow, Thubelihle, 26	Oct. 9	2021	Redcliff	Zimbabwe	7	5	M	Found not guilty by reason of insanity	[41]
Gaferiza, Alexandre[n 1] Furaha, Joseph[n 1]	09.20 Sept. 20	1998	Mininja	Rwanda	7	4	F E	Gaferiza was arrested	[42]
Unknown Soldier[n 1]	June 18	2007	Waat	Sudan	7	3	F	Killed by soldiers	[43]
Malam Kaigama Alhaji Jikurko, 30[n 2]	Aug. 24	2008	Jakusko	Nigeria	7	3	M	Arrested	[44]
Lino, Africano Abono[n 1][n 2]	Oct. 15	2006	Laguti	Uganda	7	2+	F	Sentenced to death	[45]
Chibueze, Henry[n 3]	Feb. 16	2013	Lagos	Nigeria	7	2	F	Terminated a pregnancy	[46]
Amou N'Talit Tademalit	May 13–15	1951	Tadla-Azilal	Morocco	7	2	F	Arrested	[47]
Obua, Isaac[n 1]	06.16 June 16	2016	Kampala	Uganda	7	1–2	F	Killed	[48]
Meyer, Paul Johannes, 35[n 4]	June 2/3	2004	Johannesburg	South Africa	7	0	F	Committed suicide Terminated a pregnancy	[49]
Unknown	Feb. 8	2010	Bata	Equatorial Guinea	7	0	M		[50]
Amara Ben Ahmed	May	1937	Edough	Algeria	7	?			[51]
Unknown	Sept.	1951		Egypt	6	?	F	Arrested	[52]
Unknown	Nov.	1964	Transvaal Province	South Africa	7	?	M		[53]
Josef, Lukas, 21[n 1]	Nov. 8	1980	Ondangwa	Namibia	7	?	F	Arrested	[54]
Michael, Bawa[n 1]	Nov. 11	2001	Kaduna	Nigeria	7	?	F	Sentenced to death	[55]
Lemba Abdallah, Alain[n 1]	May 4/5	2013	Mongo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6–7	6–7	F	Sentenced to death	[56]
Ngobi, Fred[n 1]	March 23	1998	Kampala	Uganda	6–7	0–1	F	Committed suicide	[57]
Opwonya, Kenneth Albino[n 1]	07.02 July 2	2008	Omiya-Nyima IDP camp	Uganda	6	8	F	Sentenced to death	[58]
Ndayisaba, Jean-Claude, 21[n 1]	Oct. 8	1999	Ruyaga	Burundi	6	7	F	Sentenced to death	[59]
Mahmud Taha Ahmad Sueilem, 54 (محمود طه أحمد سويلم)	July 6	2010	Meniel Shiha	Egypt	6	6	F	Arrested	[60]
Unknown	April 2	1960	Bailundo	Angola	6	5	M	Arrested	[61]
Lombard, Petrus Lafras, 48		1954	Morgenzon	South Africa	6	4	F	Committed suicide	[62]
Unknown Police Officer[n 1]	Jan. 6	1967	Cairo	Egypt	6	4			[63]
Unknown Police Officer[n 1][n 2]	11.06 Nov. 6	2000	Aïn Bouchekif	Algeria	6	4	F V	Committed suicide	[64]
Nkurunziza, Viateur[n 1]	May 10	1998	Gikongoro	Rwanda	6	3	F	Killed	[65]
Imbasi, Benson[n 1][n 5]	Dec. 7	2021	Kabete	Kenya	6	2	F	Committed suicide	[66]
Nivome, Aro	May 21	1971	Abakaliki	Nigeria	6	1	M	Sentenced to death	[67]
Unknown, 35	Oct. 31	1984	Chrissiesmeer	South Africa	6	1	M	Arrested Also killed two dogs and two chickens	[68]
Wanyama, Andrew[n 1]	Sept. 27	2007	Arua	Uganda	6	1	F	Killed by soldiers	[40][69]
Unknown	Dec.	1958	Nzega District	Tanganyika	6	?	F	Committed suicide	[70]
Unknown, 30[n 2]	Aug. 29	1982	Soweto	South Africa	6	?	M	Arrested	[71]
Yego, Kibor, 18	June 7	2006	Marakwet District	Kenya	6	?	F	Arrested	[72]
Unknown	Jan. 23	1961	Krobo	Ghana	6	?	F		[73]
Unknown	Jan. 10	2015	Juba	South Sudan	6	?	F		[74]
Unknown	08.00 Aug.	1935	Buta	Belgian Congo	5–6	?	F	Committed suicide	[75]
Unknown soldier	July 19	2020	Warta Nabada	Somalia	5	20+	F	At large	[76]
Unknown Police Officer[n 1]	Oct. 8	1985	Djerba	Tunisia	5	11	F	Arrested	[77]
Khazri, Wissam, 30	May 9	2023	Djerba	Tunisia	5	8	F	Killed by police
van Heerden, Cornelius Johannes Petrus, 21–22	Nov. 26	1931	Bethlehem	South Africa	5	6	F	Committed suicide	[78]
José, Jorge, 24–25	June 2	2009	Kainja	Angola	5	6	M	Arrested	[79]
Fortune, Christo Brian, 31	July 1	2002	Postmasburg	South Africa	4	9	FM	Sentenced to four consecutive life terms	[80]
Unknown	April 14	1956	Nairobi	Kenya	4	8	M	Arrested	[81]
Smith, Leopold, 34[n 2]	06.17 June 17	1963	Umtali	Rhodesia	4	7	F	Sentenced to death and executed	[82]
Angulu, George[n 1]	05.21 May 21	2015	Karenga	Uganda	4	7	F	Committed suicide	[83]
Unknown Police Officer[n 1]	March 28	2012	Tudun Wada, Jos	Nigeria	4	6	F	Arrested	[84]
Unknown	Aug. 31	2024	Kileera	Kenya	4	0	M	Killed by angry crowd	[85]
Unknown	Feb. 4	2001	Kampala	Uganda	3	21+	V		[86]
Duba, Boy, 20	March 22	2009	Mayflower	South Africa	3	9–13	M	Arrested	[87]
Hervel, Sténio	Jan. 18	1986		Mauritius	3	0	F	Escaped	[88]

Familicides

The victims must have been largely the relatives of the perpetrator to be considered a familicide.

Perpetrator	Date	Year	Location	Country	Killed	Injured	W	Additional Notes	Ref.
Berri Khan	Feb.	1914	Tripoli	Libya	10	0	MP	Committed suicide	[89]
Unknown man		2009	Aden	Yemen	10	0	A	Committed suicide	[90]
Mukobero Muchika, Jamin, 43*	April 29	2001	Shibuye	Kenya	9	6	M	Arrested Terminated a pregnancy	[91]
Sobhy Ibrahim Abdel-Alim, 42* (صبحى إبراهيم عبد العليم)	July 19	2007	Minya Governorate	Egypt	8	3	F	Sentenced to death	[92]
Kasoma, Christopher, 43*	April 27	2004	Nsangi	Uganda	8	0	M	Committed suicide Terminated two pregnancies	[93]
Njenga Fundi	Oct. 26/27	1968	Mariani	Kenya	7	3	F P	Arrested	[94]
Siboza, Elias, 60	Feb. 24	2000	Clau Clau	South Africa	7	2	F	Committed suicide	[95]
Nkoana, Clifford, 30*	Nov. 9	1996	Graaff-Reinet	South Africa	7	1	F A	Committed suicide	[96]
Lubbe, Pieter Albertus, 35	Jan. 10	1953	Fauresmith	South Africa	7	0	F	Committed suicide	[97]
Jooste, Johnny, 36*	Feb. 20	2000	Ceres	South Africa	7	0	F	Sentenced to 38 years	[98]
Byekwaso, Abdallah, 28*	Aug. 17	2007	Kiraba	Uganda	7	0	M	Committed suicide	[99]
Mohammad S.*	Jan. 31	2017	Faw Qibli	Egypt	7	0	F	Arrested	[100]
Kamili, Theophil, 52*	Sept. 28	2010	Barazani village	Tanzania	7	0	A	Arrested Killed a number of cattle, sheep and goats	[101]
Unknown, 16*	Oct.	1927	Zagazig	Egypt	6	1	P	Arrested	[102]
Feher, Lios, 33*	Dec. 28	1969	Benoni	South Africa	6	1	F	Committed suicide	[103]
Kapambe, Lemison, 22	June 3	2012	Pondani	Malawi	6	1	M	Killed by angry mob	[104]
J. M., 45*	Jan. 2	1976		Kenya	6	0	M	Arrested	[105]
M'Maroo, William, 17	May 26	1988	Linjoka	Kenya	6	0	M	Died while trying to escape	[106]
van Heerden, Jacobus Johannes, 55*	Feb. 20	2007	Vanderbijlpark	South Africa	6	0	F	Committed suicide	[107]
Thokamolemo, Orelesitse Modise 26*	Jan.	2008	Letlhakane	Botswana	6	0	M	Sentenced to death and executed	[108]
Mokhali, Tsepang Solomon, 21*	Dec. 28	2012	Inanda	South Africa	6	0	FM	Sentenced to six life terms Terminated a pregnancy	[109]
Unknown	June 17	2005	Kajiado	Kenya	6	?		Arrested	[110]

Abbreviations and footnotes

1. Assailant was a member of the military, police, or a comparable force at the time of the rampage.
2. At least one of the victims was a relative of the assailant.
3. All the victims were members of the same family.
4. At least one of the victims was a relative of the assailant.
5. One of the victims was a relative of the assailant.

W – A basic description of the weapons used in the murders

F – Firearms and other ranged weapons, especially rifles and handguns, but also bows and crossbows, grenade launchers, flamethrowers, or slingshots

M – Melee weapons, like knives, swords, spears, machetes, axes, clubs, rods, stones, or bare hands

O – Any other weapons, such as bombs, hand grenades, Molotov cocktails, poison and poisonous gas, as well as vehicle and arson attacks

A – indicates that an arson attack was the only other weapon used

V – indicates that a vehicle was the only other weapon used

E – indicates that explosives of any sort were the only other weapon used

P – indicates that an anaesthetising or deadly substance of any kind was the only other weapon used (includes poisonous gas)^{[citation needed]}