Aarhus University shooting

Aarhus University Shooting
Aarhus University Shooting
Location	Aarhus, Jutland, Denmark
Coordinates	56°10′16″N 10°12′45″E / 56.171092°N 10.212406°E
Date	5 April 1994
Attack type	School shooting, murder-suicide
Weapons	sawed-off shotgun
Deaths	3 (including the perpetrator)
Injured	2
Perpetrator	Flemming Nielsen
Motive	Depression (assumed)

On Tuesday, 5 April 1994, 35-year-old Flemming Nielsen of Silkeborg shot four female students, killing two of them, at Aarhus University in Denmark. Nielsen had been a student at the university since 1986. He opened fire with a sawed-off shotgun in a university cafeteria where he killed his first victim, 24-year-old Birgit Bohn Wolfsen. The remaining students in the room managed to escape. Nielsen proceeded into another cafeteria and opened fire again, killing his second victim, 27-year-old Randi Thode Kristensen. Another two people were wounded but survived.^[1]^[2]

Flemming Nielsen then retreated to a basement bathroom stall where he committed suicide via gunshot wound. The autopsy revealed that he had taken Fontex before the incident, and police found a suicide note at his home, stating how he "could not handle life anymore", and that he wanted to kill some people before ending his own life.^[1]^[3]^[4] It remains the only school shooting that has occurred in Denmark.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Peter Bresemann (8 May 2003). "Jeg vil være massemorder" [I want to be a mass-murderer] (in Danish). Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ Manuel Vigilius (22 September 1999). "Blodig plet i Danmarkshistorien" [Bloody stain on Denmark's History] (in Danish). Kristeligt Dagblad. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ Fatal shootings at universities worldwide in recent years International Herald Tribune Archived 21 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine(16 April 2007) Archived 21 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ Afvigerne iblandt os, Fyens Stiftstidende Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (10 May 2007)
^ Danielsen, M. (March 2018). Skoleskyderier. Faktalink. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[Drabssager_-_1994-1] Peter Bresemann (8 May 2003). "Jeg vil være massemorder" [I want to be a mass-murderer] (in Danish). Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

[2] Manuel Vigilius (22 September 1999). "Blodig plet i Danmarkshistorien" [Bloody stain on Denmark's History] (in Danish). Kristeligt Dagblad. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

[3] Fatal shootings at universities worldwide in recent years International Herald Tribune Archived 21 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine(16 April 2007) Archived 21 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Afvigerne iblandt os, Fyens Stiftstidende Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (10 May 2007)

[5] Danielsen, M. (March 2018). Skoleskyderier. Faktalink. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

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