Pukekohe massacre

Name: Pukekohe massacre
Start: 1992

1992 CE.

Shown on the map at -37.167°, 174.871°.

The Schlaepfer family murders was a familicide that took place in Paerata, New Zealand on 20 May 1992. A 64-year-old Brian Schlaepfer murdered six members of his family on their Paerata farm before he shot himself. The massacre was one of the most high-profile familicide shootings in New Zealand's history.

Text from the Wikipedia article Schlaepfer family murders, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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