What the records say
- When
- 21 May 1938
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 30
- Coordinates
- 35.16° N, 134.04° E
- Description
- 1938 spree killing in Japan
4 sources record it
- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Tsuyama massacre: Matsuo Toi kills 30 people in a village in Okayama, Japan, in the world's worst spree killing by an individual until 1957”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “massacre de vingt-neuf personnes par un jeune homme de 21 ans à Tsuyama au Japon”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “岡山県苫田郡西加茂村大字行重で津山三十人殺しが発生”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
Nearby in time and place
- 1938 San'yō Line derailment15 Jun 1938 · Rail accident
- Ajikawaguchi station rail accident29 Jan 1940 · Rail accident
- Eisenbahnunfall von Tamagawaguchi4 Mar 1940 · Rail accident
- Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition (1937)15 Mar 1937 · Event
- Great Fire of Sakai12 Jan 1935 · Fire
- 浅草青酸カリ殺人事件21 Nov 1935 · Murder
- Great Fire of Himi6 Sep 1938 · Fire
- Japan Airways Kuma-go crash17 May 1939 · Air disaster