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A spree killer is someone who embarks on a murder "rampage". This is an ambiguous term, related to mass murderer and serial killer. The Bureau of Justice Statistics defines a spree killing as: "[involving] killings at two or more locations with almost no time break between murders." The definition is especially close to that of a serial killer; perhaps, the primary difference between the two is that a serial killer tends to "lure" victims to their death; whereas, a spree killer tends to go "hunting".
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Spree Killers
- Martin Bryant (the Port Arthur massacre - 1996)
- Thomas Hamilton (the Dunblane massacre - 1996)
- Andrew Cunanan (1997)
- Mark O. Barton (1999)
- Benjamin Nathaniel Smith (1999)
- Friedrich Leibacher (the Zug massacre - 2001)
- the Beltway Snipers (2002)
- the Interstate_270 Shooter (2003)
In many countries, the acts of spree killers have been catalysts for the tightening of gun control laws.
See also:
Fiction
- Helen Zahavi: Dirty Weekend