As of 2026-10-12, Resorts World Manila attack tops the list with 38 deaths.
- #1 Resorts World Manila attack — 38 deaths
arson and shooting attack at a resort in Manila resulting in 38 deaths
On June 2, 2017, at 12:03 a.m. PhST (GMT+8), a gunman attacked Resorts World Manila and started fires, causing a stampede which killed 38 people and injured 70 others. Initially thought to be a terrorist attack related to the Marawi crisis in Mindanao, the attack was an armed robbery by 42-year-old Jessie Javier Carlos, a Filipino former civil servant. Carlos stole casino chips worth ₱113 million. Following confrontation with the responding SWAT team around 1:30 a.m., Carlos broke into a... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 2016 Aktobe shootings — 25 deaths
spate of three attacks on civilian and military targets in Aktobe, Kazakhstan on 5 June 2016
The 2016 Aktobe shootings were a series of shootings on civilian and military targets in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, in June 2016. On 5 June, two attacks occurred at gun stores, while a third attack was aimed at a military unit. Multiple shootouts between terrorists and police occurred over the next few days. The shootings left 7 victims dead and 37 injured, including 6 who died in hospital. Eighteen attackers were killed and nine were arrested. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #3 1926 Leiferde rail accident — 21 deaths
train wreck
source Wikidata - #4 Fountain Valley massacre — 8 deaths
Mass shooting at a golf course in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands on 6 September 1972
The Fountain Valley massacre was a racially motivated mass shooting that occurred in the afternoon of September 6, 1972, at the Fountain Valley Golf Course in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The incident left eight resort employees and tourists dead. Another eight were either shot at or wounded. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #5 Boontawee family murders — 5 deaths
1997 Robbery and Mass murder committed by Rueangsak Thongkun and Songkran Kaew-ubon in Songkhla
source Wikidata - #6 2011 England riots — 5 deaths
6–11 August 2011 riots in cities and towns across England
A series of riots took place between 6 and 11 August 2011 in cities and towns across England, which saw looting and arson, as well as mass deployment of police and the deaths of five people. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #7 Kentucky Fried Chicken murders — 5 deaths
1983 crime in Kilgore, Texas, US
The Kentucky Fried Chicken murders were an armed robbery and mass murder which took place at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Kilgore, Texas, United States, in 1983. For over two decades, it was unsolved. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #8 Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre — 5 deaths
shooting the Las Cruces Bowl at 1201 East Amador Avenue in 1990
The Las Cruces bowling alley massacre occurred in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States, on February 10, 1990. Seven people were shot, five fatally, by two unidentified robbers at the Las Cruces Bowling Alley at 1201 East Amador Avenue. The gunmen shot the victims in an office, then set fire to a desk in the room and left the scene. The case is unsolved. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #9 2001 Warsaw bank robbery — 4 deaths source Wikidata
- #10 1981 Brink's robbery — 3 deaths
1981 robbery of $1.6 million from a Brink's armored car
On October 20, 1981, several members of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) and the May 19th Communist Organization stole $1.6 million in cash from a Brink's armored car at Nanuet Mall in Nanuet, New York, killing three people. The plan called for the BLA members – including Kuwasi Balagoon, Sekou Odinga, Mtayari Sundiata, Samuel Brown and Mutulu Shakur – to carry out the robbery, with the M19CO members – David Gilbert, Judith Alice Clark, Kathy Boudin, and Marilyn Buck – serving as getaway... Read more on Wikipedia.
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