Aarhus University shooting

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]

Aarhus University Shooting
LocationAarhus, Jutland, Denmark
Coordinates56.171092°N 10.212406°E / 56.171092; 10.212406
Date5 April 1994
Attack type
School shooting, murder-suicide
Weaponssawed-off shotgun
Deaths3 (including the perpetrator)
Injured2
PerpetratorFlemming Nielsen
MotiveDepression (assumed)

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 is the only school shooting that has occurred in Denmark.[5]

References
  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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