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A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more people, in two or more separate events over a period of time, for primarily psychological reasons. [1] [2] There are gaps of time between the killings, which may range from a few days to months, or many years. [2]
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Thus the records of Queensland document the most frequent reports of shootings and massacres of indigenous people, the three deadliest massacres on white settlers, the most disreputable frontier police force, and the highest number of white victims to frontier violence on record in any Australian colony. [345]
This is a list of mass or spree killers. A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills two 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 article contains a list of contract killers, both living and deceased, sorted by the country in which they engaged in said crimes. The practice of contract killing involves a person (the contract killer) who is paid to kill one or more individuals. [1]
A Czech sniper fighting in the Soviet Army during World War II who was credited with at least 30 confirmed kills. [40] 30+ Czechoslovakia: Charles Marlowe 1968– 1987–1990 A United States Marine Corps sniper who holds the record for most solo missions completed (27). [41] 46 United States: Chuck Mawhinney: 1949–2024 1967–1970
Over the last couple of centuries deadly pandemics have killed hundreds of millions of people. During World War II a disease that affected half the global population was heavily censored in the ...
[There were no deaths due to deterministic effects (i.e., people receiving a high dose of radiation, rapidly becoming ill, and dying); the 100–240 figure is an estimate of the number of people who died later in life due to cancer caused by radiation from the accident [30]]. 95–4,000+ [31] [32] 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.