Wilhelm Brückner (murderer)
Wilhelm Brückner | |
|---|---|
| Born | Wilhelm Brückner 1893 or 1894 |
| Died | (aged 31) Hassenberg, Bavaria, Weimar Republic |
| Cause of death | Suicide by hanging |
| Occupation | Basket maker |
| Parent | Margarete Barbara Brückner |
| Details | |
| Date | June 6–7, 1925 11 p.m.–4 a.m. |
| Country | Germany |
| Location | Hassenberg & Lindenberg |
| Target | Family |
| Killed | 9 |
| Injured | 1 |
| Weapons | Axe Kitchen knife Iron rod |
Wilhelm Brückner was a German spree killer who killed nine members of his family in Hassenberg and Lindenberg, Germany, during the night of June 6 to June 7, 1925, before committing suicide. He used an axe and a kitchen knife. A posthumous evaluation described him as a "hysteric epileptic", suffering from mental retardation but also mental illness with auditory hallucinations.