East House mass shooting

When

1960

Kind

Shooting

Killed

3

Coordinates

53.39° N, 1.46° W

Description

1960 mass shooting in Sheffield, England

Date from

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1960 mass shooting in Sheffield, England

On New Year's Day 1960, three men were shot and killed and two wounded in a mass shooting at the East House public house in Sheffield, England. The killer was Mohamed Ismail, a Somali from the colony of British Somaliland. Ismail had earlier expressed a desire to end his life but thought that suicide was not an option due to his religious beliefs.

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