What the records say
- When
- 24 Nov 1976
- Kind
- Murder
- Killed
- 5
- Coordinates
- 53.27° N, 3.93° W
- Description
- Welsh mass shooting at a hotel
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Penmaenmawr Killings
Welsh mass shooting
The Penmaenmawr Killings was a mass murder at the Red Gables Hotel in Penmaenmawr, Conwy County Borough, Wales, on 24 September 1976. The perpetrator, Neil Rutherford, killed 4 people as well as burned the hotel down before he committed suicide. It is Wales' deadliest mass murder.
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