Woo Bum-kon
Male, Deceased Person
1955 – 1982
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Who was Woo Bum-kon?
Woo Bum-kon was a South Korean police officer who killed 56 people and wounded 35 others in several villages in Uiryeong County, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, during the night from April 26 to April 27, 1982, before committing suicide.
His rampage remained the deadliest known mass murder committed by a lone gunman in modern history until the Norway attacks of July 22, 2011.
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- Born
- Feb 24, 1955
Busan - Nationality
- South Korea
- Died
- Apr 27, 1982
Uiryeong County
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on July 23, 2013
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