Global InformationEuskirchen court shooting information
| Euskirchen court shooting | |
|---|---|
 Erwin Mikolajczyk | |
| Location | Euskirchen, Germany |
| Date | March 9, 1994 12:58 p.m. (CET) |
Attack type | Mass murder, suicide bombing |
| Weapons | .45-caliber Colt pistol Homemade bomb |
| Deaths | 7 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 8 |
| Perpetrator | Erwin Mikolajczyk |
The Euskirchen court shooting was an act of mass murder that occurred at the district court in Euskirchen, Germany on March 9, 1994. Just after his appeal against a sentence for assaulting his former girlfriend, Vera Lamesic, had ended with an upholding of his conviction, 39-year-old Erwin Mikolajczyk re-entered the court building armed with .45-caliber Colt pistol and a homemade bomb in a backpack. In the hallway he approached Lamesic, hugged her, then fatally shot her, two women who had accompanied her, as well as two other people, and then entered the court room where he killed 33-year-old Alexander Schäfer, the judge who had convicted him. When he ran out of ammunition, Mikolajczyk killed himself by detonating the bomb. A total of eight people were also wounded in the attack.[1]
- ^ Brother warned police about courtroom killer, Toledo Blade (March 11, 1994)