The Euskirchen court shooting was an act of mass murder that occurred at the district court in Euskirchen, Germany on March 9, 1994. Just after his appeal against a sentence for assaulting his former girlfriend, Vera Lamesic, had ended with an upholding of his conviction, 39-year-old Erwin Mikolajczyk re-entered the court building armed with .45-caliber Colt pistol and a homemade bomb in a backpack. In the hallway he approached Lamesic, hugged her, then fatally shot her, two women who had accompanied her, as well as two other people, and then entered the court room where he killed 33-year-old Alexander Schäfer, the judge who had convicted him. When he ran out of ammunition, Mikolajczyk killed himself by detonating the bomb. A total of eight people were also wounded in the attack. Victims Peter Kurth Vera Lamesic, 56 Agnes Müller Peter Preuß Marianne Rübsam Alexander Schäfer, 33 In popular culture The film , released the same year and starring Christoph Waltz as Erwin Mikolajczyk, is based on the incident. References External links Tödlicher Aufschub, Focus (11/1994) Schlimmes passiert, Der Spiegel (11/1994) Bei dem Anschlag sterben sieben Menschen, General-Anzeiger (March 8, 2004) Amoklauf im Amtsgericht, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (March 8, 2009) Germany - Courtroom shootout, Associated Press (March 10, 1994) (Video) Euskirchen Explosions in 1994 Mass murder in 1994 1994 murders in Germany Suicide bombings in Germany Deaths by firearm in Germany Mass shootings in Germany Murder–suicides in Germany Spree shootings in Germany 1990s in North Rhine-Westphalia Crime in North Rhine-Westphalia March 1994 events in Europe Attacks on buildings and structures in Germany 1994 mass shootings in Europe Building bombings in Germany