What the records say
- When
- 2012
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 49.01° N, 8.40° E
- Description
- hostage-taking and mass murder in Karlsruhe, Germany
- Date from
- year in its name
Placed at the town its description names, Karlsruhe.
2012 Karlsruhe murders
Hostage-taking and mass murder in Karlsruhe, Germany
On 4 July 2012, a hostage-taking and subsequent mass murder took place in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. A tenant was subject to an eviction and held four people hostage. He fatally wounded one of the hostages, released one hostage and killed the remaining two. After a three-hour stand-off with police, the perpetrator set a fire in the flat and killed himself.
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