Woo Bum-kon

Woo Bum-kon (February 24, 1955 – April 27, 1982) was a Korean police officer who carried out the largest known incident of spree killing in modern history. After it was over 58 people (including himself) were dead, and 35 wounded in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea.

Uiryeong massacre
Woo had an argument with his live-in girlfriend on the afternoon of April 26, 1982. Enraged, he left the house and went to the police armory, where he began consuming large amounts of whiskey. After becoming drunk, he collected an arsenal including a rifle and some grenades. He left the armory around dinner time armed and drunk. Walking from house to house, he abused his position as a police officer to make people feel safe and gain entry into their homes. Then he shot the victims, or killed the entire family with a grenade. He continued this pattern for a full eight hours.

Once Woo had shot a certain number of people in a village, he would run to another nearby village to continue the massacre. In the early hours of April 27, after rampaging through five villages in Uiryeong county, Woo took his final two grenades and strapped them to his body. He took three people hostage and set the grenades' fuses, killing both himself and his final victims.

Resignation of the Interior Minister
The Interior Minister of South Korea Suh Chung-hwa resigned his post following the killings. Roh Tae-woo was appointed Interior Minister.