# Woo Bum-kon

> The Woo Bum-kon incident also known as the Uiryeong shooting incident or Officer Woo incident, was a spree killing that occurred during the night from April 26 to April 27, 1982, in Uiryeong County, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Policeman Woo Bum-kon murdered 56 people and wounded around 35 others in four villages using two stolen rifles and explosives. Woo killed himself in a suicide bombing with three hostages before a police response.

*South Korean spree killer (1955–1982)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/woo-bum-kon

## Identity
- **Country:** South Korea
- **Born:** 1955-11-05
- **Died:** 1982-04-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 11.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #247

## Sources
- [禹範坤](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%B9%E7%AF%84%E5%9D%A4)
- [وو بوم كون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Woo Bum-kon](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woo_Bum-kon)
- [Woo Bum-kon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woo_Bum-kon)
- [Woo Bum-kon](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woo_Bum-kon)
- [Woo Bum-Kon](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woo_Bum-Kon)
- [Woo Bum-Kon](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woo_Bum-Kon)
- [禹範坤](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%B9%E7%AF%84%E5%9D%A4)
- [우범곤](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%B0%EB%B2%94%EA%B3%A4)
- [Woo Bum-kon](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woo_Bum-kon)
- [У Бомгон](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [У Бомгон](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484134)

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