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The following is an list of massacres and mass murders that have occurred in present-day Switzerland. A mass murder involves the murder of four or more people during the same incident.[1]

Black Death Jewish Persecutions 1348-49

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
La Tour-de-Peilz pogrom October 23, 1348 La Tour-de-Peilz Jewish community burnt. One of the earliest massacres of the 1348/49 persecutions in a town which belongs to Switzerland today.
Bern 1348 pogrom November, 1348 Bern Jewish community killed by burning. One of the earliest massacres of the 1348/1349 persecutions in a German speaking city.
Zofingen 1348 pogrom November, 1348 Zofingen 4 + x Four Jews killed in autumn after they had confessed under torture to have poisoned the wells. Most likely, the Jewish community of Zofingen was burnt soon later in November 1348. According to one source the Jews of the town haven't been killed, but expelled.
Solothurn 1348 pogrom November, 1348 Solothurn Complete Jewish community killed by burning. One of the earliest massacres of the 1348/1349 persecutions in a German speaking city.
Basel 1349 pogrom January 16, 1349 Basel about 60 Jewish community burnt.
Schaffhausen 1349 pogrom February 22, 1349 Schaffhausen Jewish community burnt.
St. Gallen 1349 pogrom February 23, 1349 St. Gallen Jewish community killed by burning.
Zurich 1349 pogrom February 23, 1349 Zurich about 60 (?) The best source dates the event on evening of Feb 23 without giving further details. One source tells, the Jewish community of the city had been locked up in a house to be killed by burning them. One source dates the event on Feb 21. The Jewish community of Zurich at that time had about 100 members out of a population of 6,000. Sources indicate that several women and children have been spared as have been those willing to accept baptism.
Baden 1349 pogrom March 18, 1349 Baden, Aargau Jewish community struck dead or burnt.
Winterthur 1349 pogrom September 18, 1349 Winterthur 330 Jews killed by burning Jewish community of Winterthur and several other cities (among them Aarau) under the rule of Duke Albrecht of Austria burnt on a hill called Brühlberg. Albrecht has in vain tried to protect the Jews by sheltering them for several months in his castle Kyburg 7 km south of Winterthur.

Massacres in Switzerland between 1350 and 1900

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Zurich night of murder February 23–24, 1350 Zurich 50 15 killed on spot, 35 executed some days later after a conspiracy against Zurich has been crushed. The event happened exactly one year after the 1349 pogrom and was perceived by many as God's penalty for too hard proceeding against the Jews.
Schaffhausen 1401 pogrom June 25, 1401 Schaffhausen 30 Jews killed by burning
Greifensee killings May 25, 1444 Greifensee 62-68 Garrison of a castle beheaded after successful siege.
murders of Veltlin September 18–19, 1620 Veltin 300-600 Protestants killed by Catholics; part of the Thirty Years War 1618–48.
Nidwalden killings September 7–9, 1798 Canton of Nidwalden about 400 Catholics killed by French Troops.

Massacres in Switzerland after the Year 1900

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Romanshorn shooting August 30, 1912 Romanshorn 7 Seven people shot, seven more injured including the mentally ill perpetrator.
Lumino shooting February 6, 1922 Lumino, Canton of Ticino 6 A man killed five people and wounded another five in a shooting spree. The gunman killed himself.[2][3]
Geneva fusillade of 9 November 1932 November 9, 1932 Geneva 13 Police and army firing on the crowd protesting a fascist demonstration
1943 Zürich shooting April 26, 1943 Zürich, Canton of Zürich 7 A man killed six family members and himself.[4]
Seewen murder case June 5, 1976 Seewen 5 Five people shot, the crime has never been cleared up.
1986 Zurich shooting April 16, 1986 Zürich, Canton of Zürich 4 A man killed four colleagues and wounded a fifth at his workplace.[5]
Thurgau/Zürich shootings August 30, 1990 Canton of Thurgau/Zürich 6 A man killed his family before traveling to Zurich and shooting six people, two fatally. He fled the scene and later killed himself.[6][7]
Lugano District shootings March 4, 1992 Lugano District 6 A man opened fire at multiple homes, killing six and wounding six before being arrested.[8]
Zug massacre September 27, 2001 Zug 15 People shot in the parliament of the Canton of Zug.
2013 Menznau shooting February 27, 2013 Menznau 5 A man opened fire at his workplace, killing four people and wounding five before dying of a gunshot wound.[9]
Würenlingen shooting[10] May 10, 2015 Würenlingen 5 Four people killed before the perpetrator shot himself in a domestic incident.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Serial Murder – Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives for Investigators" (PDF). Federal Bureau of Investigation. 2005. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  2. ^ Terrifying scenes, The Pall Mall Gazette (7 February 1922)
  3. ^ Five shot dead, Auckland Star (10 February 1922)
  4. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20110722235848/http://www.letempsarchives.ch/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=JDG%2F1943%2F04%2F27%2F3%2FAr00300.xml&CollName=JDG_1940_1949&DOCID=84241&PageLabelPrint=3&Skin=LeTempsFr&enter=true&AW=1254080268000
  5. ^ https://www.blick.ch/schweiz/amoklaeufe-am-arbeitsplatz-die-schlimmsten-bluttaten-id41586.html
  6. ^ "Chronik der Amokläufer in der Schweiz". Beobachter (in Swiss High German). 8 October 2001. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Hunt After Killings". Birmingham Evening Mail. 31 August 1990.
  8. ^ https://www.beobachter.ch/burger-verwaltung/chronik-der-amoklaufer-der-schweiz-0
  9. ^ Smith-Spark, Laura; Morgenstein, Mark (27 February 2013). "Police: 4th person dead in Switzerland factory shooting". CNN. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Gunman kills four people and himself in 'family dispute' in northern Switzerland". the Guardian. 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
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