Murder & homicide · 1996 · 1990s

The Dunblane Massacre

On 13 March 1996 Thomas Hamilton shot dead sixteen children and their teacher at Dunblane Primary School near Stirling before killing himself. Public grief and the Snowdrop campaign led to the Firearms (Amendment) Acts of 1997, effectively banning private handgun ownership in Britain.

This summary is written in our own words from published historical sources. Map locations are approximate. Every case in the archive is at least ten years old.