Saeed al-Qashash (1979 – June 6, 1999) was a Jordanian
mass murder
Mass murder is the act of murdering a number of people, typically simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time and in close geographic proximity. The United States Congress defines mass killings as the killings of three or more pe ...
er who killed twelve people, including 11 members of his family in 1998.
Murders
On June 10, 1998, Qashash killed his 19-year-old classmate, Atta Shalan, his mother, Thuria, his father, Armin, his two brothers, Mohammed and Mostafa, and four sisters, Karimeh, Wafa, Mervit, Insaf, a brother-in-law, and two nephews, ages two and three. The victims were each lured to his family home's basement and then shot in the back of the head with a
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pistol. Qashash piled up the bodies and covered them with blankets and carpets. He then sealed the basement with bricks and cement before fleeing. The murders occurred in the outskirts of
Amman
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Qashash was arrested two days later and confessed to the murders.
Trial and execution
In November 1998, Qashash was tried for and convicted of 12 counts of premeditated murder. He pleaded with Judge Mohammed Ajamieh to spare his life, but was sentenced to death. Qashash did not react to the sentence.
Qashash was hanged shortly before dawn at Swaqa Prison, about 60 miles south of Amman, on June 6, 1999.
See also
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List of rampage killers (familicides in Asia)
References
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1979 births
1999 deaths
Executed Jordanian people
Executed mass murderers
Jordanian mass murderers
Jordanian people convicted of murder
Massacres in 1998
People executed by Jordan by hanging