This article is a list of mass shootings in Belgium. Mass shootings are firearm-related violence with at least four casualties.
The data includes casualties of perpetrators, including self-inflicted gunshot or shooting of a perpetrator by police. The treatment of perpetrator casualties is at variance to some but not all definitions of a mass shooting used in the United States. The inclusion of injured victims in the data is also at variance with some of the US definitions that only include dead victims. However, the above treatment is consistent with that used in other Wikipedia lists of mass shootings by country.
21st century DateLocationDeadInjuredTotalDescription8 October 2025City of Brussels, Brussels044Two teenagers opened fire and wounded four people before being taken into custody after a police chase.18 July 2025Sint-Niklaas, East Flanders044Four men were found wounded by police responding to calls of gunfire. Five male suspects were arrested after their car was tracked down in Antwerp.26 June 2024Saint-Gilles, Brussels235Two people were shot and killed with three others injured in a gang-related shooting at a cafe next to the Brussels-Midi railway station.6 December 2023City of Brussels, Brussels055Five people were shot and injured in a gang-related shooting.9 January 2023Antwerp, Antwerp Province134An 11-year-old girl was killed and her father wounded, along with two siblings, when shots were fired into a house. Two suspects are sought.29 May 2018Liège, Liège Province4Including the perpetrator or suspect482018 Liège attack: A prisoner on temporary leave from prison, stabbed two female police officers, took their guns, shot and killed them and a civilian. The gunman then took a woman hostage, shot and injured four other police officers before he was killed by police.24 May 2014City of Brussels, Brussels404Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting: A man shot and killed four people at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in an antisemitic Islamist terrorist attack.13 December 2011Liège, Liège Province71471542011 Liège attack: A man threw grenades and fired an FN FAL rifle at civilians on the Place Saint-Lambert. The attack killed five and left one hundred and forty seven others injured, seven seriously. The man killed himself at the scene with a revolver. Earlier that day, he had also murdered a woman in his house.30 April 2011Antwerp, Antwerp Province246Six people were shot, two fatally, in a gang-related shooting at a café.11 May 2006Antwerp, Antwerp Province2242006 Antwerp shooting: A man shot and killed two people and injured another, before being shot and incapacitated by police. In 54 minuten veranderde alles ("In 54 minutes, everything changed") - Van Themsche's 11 May 2006 in great detail, journal Het Nieuwsblad, 26 September 2007 Moorden Antwerpen / Racisme was de drijfveer voor koele moordenaar ("Murders Antwerp / Racism was the motivation for cool blooded murderer"), journal (in The Netherlands) Trouw, 12 May 200620 May 2004Sint-Gillis-Waas, East Flanders134A man returned with a gun to a café after being kicked out and opened fire, killing a man and wounding three other people.7 May 2002Brussels325A right-wing extremist intruded into his Moroccan neighbours' apartment and opened fire, killing both parents and wounding two of their children. After setting the residence on fire, police shot and killed him.
20th century DateLocationDeadInjuredTotalDescription6 August 1998Malonne, Namur Province156A man fired from a car at people outside a nightclub, wounding six people, one of whom died of her injuries.4 April 1993Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels044Three shooters fired at the entrance of a dance hall, wounding four people.6 August 1991Beloeil, Hainaut Province505Two adults and three children were found tied up and shot to death with rifles in a forested area. A 27-year-old suspect was arrested.12 May 1987Bogaarden, Flemish Brabant & Denderwindeke, East Flanders83111987 Bogaarden shooting: A man entered a farm in Bogaarden, killing five members of a family and wounding a sixth. Before fleeing, he also killed a woman and her son for apparently having witnessed the shooting. During the manhunt, the fugitive shot and injured two of his in-laws before killing himself when police located him.9 November 1985Aalst, East Flanders81523Brabant killers: A series of armed and violent supermarket robbery by a group of unidentified criminals referred to as the Brabant killers. A total of 28 people died and 22 were injured in their attacks.27 September 1985Braine-l'Alleud, Walloon Brabant325Overijse. Flemish Brabant51623 August 1981Ostend, West Flanders314A man opened fire in a cafe, killing two and wounding one before fatally shooting himself.18 November 1979Hannut, Liège Province22628A soldier on leave fired a rifle into a crowd at a cross country race, killing two people and wounding twenty-six others.23 June 1973Sint-Amandsberg, East Flanders505Steyaert family murders: Two men shot and killed a family of five.5 November 1953Thy-le-Château, Namur Province606Amidst a prolonged dispute between neighbors, a man broke into three houses, fatally shooting three men and cutting the throats of two women before killing himself.12 September 1951Brussels224During a meeting to discuss his termination, a teacher shot and killed one person and wounded two others before killing himself.14 July 1942Houdeng, Hainaut Province12012A chemist shot and killed eleven German Gestapo agents who were trying to arrest him, before killing himself.
See also
Crime in Belgium
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