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Erfurt massacre

2002 mass shooting in Germany
Event school_shooting Q473877
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Summary

Erfurt massacre is a school shooting[1]. It draws 4,329 Wikipedia views per month (school shooting category, ranking #18 of 52).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Erfurt[3], Thuringia[4]
  • Country: Germany[5]
  • Instance of: mass shooting[6]
  • Location: Gutenberg-Gymnasium Erfurt[7]
  • Armament: Glock 17C[8]
  • Point in time: April 26, 2002[9]
  • Number of deaths: 17[10]
  • Number of injured: 1[11]
  • Number of perpetrators: 1[12]
  • Perpetrator: Robert Steinhäuser[13]

Why It Matters

Erfurt massacre has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Germany

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . spiegel.de. spiegel.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . news.bbc.co.uk. news.bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . rtl.de. rtl.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . rtl.de. rtl.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Location → Gutenberg-Gymnasium Erfurt
    Number of deaths → {'amount': '+17'}
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